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<a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/janew">Jane Ward</a> is a professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California &#8211; Riverside. According to her personal website, Ward <a href="https://www.janewardphd.com/">teaches</a> courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. She also <a href="https://gsst104thewitch.weebly.com/">teaches</a> a course titled, “Witches, Gender and Religion.” A “Witch,” according to Ward–who instructs the course with a “postcolonial feminist lens”–threatens capitalism, settler colonialism, and Christianity.
Ward is the <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/professor-heterosexuality-tragic-causes-societal-problems">author</a> of a book titled, “The Tragedy of Heterosexuality.” Ward’s central premise of the book–<a href="https://www.insider.com/why-straight-relationships-are-doomed-according-to-sex-researcher-2020-12">outlined</a> in a 2020 article for Insider_ is her belief that heterosexuality strains relationships between the sexes, and causes men to objectify women.
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According to Ward, the idea of heterosexuality formed the “romanticized narrative” of a gender binary and “pigeon-holed” men into a toxic-masculine culture. She states that Covid-19 is now exposing the “tragedy” of heterosexuality, citing the uptick in divorce since the pandemic began.
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She has also previously <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-white-supremacist-origins-of-modern-marriage-advice-144782">detailed</a> her belief that marriage advice for heterosexual couples is rooted in white supremacy. Ward alleges that the marriage advice offered by figures in the 19th-eugenics movement is the cause of “violence and inequity” between heterosexual couples today.
In a <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16693">statement</a> to Campus Reform, Ward explained that she “loves straight couples” and wants them to have better relationships.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Ward <a href="https://www.janewardphd.com/resources.html">offers</a> “Childhood Gender Diversity Training” seminars. According to her personal website, Jane advocates for “celebrating” a child’s gender diversity and self-expression, and offers the training to help adults, parents, and teachers refrain from “policing” a child’s gender expression. Ward is also a <a href="https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/support-affirmative-care-for-trans-kids">signatory</a> to an open petition urging the Canadian government and others “to join us in calling for additional funding to develop more services to better support gender diverse children.”
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Updated &#8211; Spring, 2021

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<a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/janew">Jane Ward</a> is a professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California - Riverside. According to her personal website, Ward <a href="https://www.janewardphd.com/">teaches</a> courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. She also <a href="https://gsst104thewitch.weebly.com/">teaches</a> a course titled, “Witches, Gender and Religion.” A “Witch,” according to Ward–who instructs the course with a “postcolonial feminist lens”–threatens capitalism, settler colonialism, and Christianity.

Ward is the <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/professor-heterosexuality-tragic-causes-societal-problems">author</a> of a book titled, “The Tragedy of Heterosexuality.” Ward’s central premise of the book–<a href="https://www.insider.com/why-straight-relationships-are-doomed-according-to-sex-researcher-2020-12">outlined</a> in a 2020 article for Insider_ is her belief that heterosexuality strains relationships between the sexes, and causes men to objectify women.

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According to Ward, the idea of heterosexuality formed the “romanticized narrative” of a gender binary and “pigeon-holed” men into a toxic-masculine culture. She states that Covid-19 is now exposing the “tragedy” of heterosexuality, citing the uptick in divorce since the pandemic began.

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She has also previously <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-white-supremacist-origins-of-modern-marriage-advice-144782">detailed</a> her belief that marriage advice for heterosexual couples is rooted in white supremacy. Ward alleges that the marriage advice offered by figures in the 19th-eugenics movement is the cause of “violence and inequity” between heterosexual couples today.

In a <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16693">statement</a> to Campus Reform, Ward explained that she “loves straight couples” and wants them to have better relationships.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Ward <a href="https://www.janewardphd.com/resources.html">offers</a> “Childhood Gender Diversity Training” seminars. According to her personal website, Jane advocates for “celebrating” a child’s gender diversity and self-expression, and offers the training to help adults, parents, and teachers refrain from “policing” a child’s gender expression. Ward is also a <a href="https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/support-affirmative-care-for-trans-kids">signatory</a> to an open petition urging the Canadian government and others “to join us in calling for additional funding to develop more services to better support gender diverse children.”

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Updated - Spring, 2021

Dr. Reza Aslan is <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/aslanr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Professor of Creative Writing </a>at the University of California, Riverside. He considers himself to be a scholar of religions and has penned many books, including a New York Times bestseller titled, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/201653/zealot-by-reza-aslan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth</a>. When he isn’t teaching or writing publications, he often takes to social media to express his strong dislike of conservatives.

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In early 2019, <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/13/reza-aslan-likely-be-sued-over-now-deleted-punchab/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Aslan made headlines</a> for threatening a conservative boy from Covington Catholic High School. In a tweet that has since been deleted, Dr. Aslan asked his 286,300 followers if they’ve ever seen a “more punchable” face than Nick Sandmann’s face. Sandmann and other boys from Covington Catholic High School were wrongly accused of harassing indigenous people at the Lincoln Memorial in 2019. The boys ultimately filed a lawsuit against Dr. Aslan for false and defamatory accusations.

https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/1274144748823957504

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Dr. Aslan frequently tweets about his disdain for conservatives. In a tweet from May 2020, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/30/twitter-fails-to-fact-check-reza-aslan-for-claiming-trump-supporters-are-looting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter failed to fact-check</a> Dr. Aslan when he <a href="https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/1266773788638670848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1266773788638670848%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ftech%2F2020%2F05%2F30%2Ftwitter-fails-to-fact-check-reza-aslan-for-claiming-trump-supporters-are-looting%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made the claim</a> that conservatives were the ones responsible for the violence and looting around the country after the death of George Floyd. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-floyd-riots-looting-destroy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">While many sources</a> believe the riots were the doing of Antifa groups, Dr. Aslan maintains conservatives are at-fault while having no evidence to back up the claim. His tweet can be viewed below:

https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/1266773788638670848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1266773788638670848%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ftech%2F2020%2F05%2F30%2Ftwitter-fails-to-fact-check-reza-aslan-for-claiming-trump-supporters-are-looting%2F

<a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/brandonr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Brandon Andrew Robinson</a> is a Chair and Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSST) at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). He uses the pronouns they/them and his Twitter name is “<a href="https://twitter.com/DrKittyGirl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DrKittyGirl.</a>”

According to UCR’s Gender and Sexuality Studies  <a href="https://gsst.ucr.edu/gender-and-sexuality-studies-major">page</a>, GSST students “learn about the history and contemporary structures of cisheteropatriarchy and white supremacy and engage with strategies for resistance.”

In a GSST “Faculty Letter to Students Regarding the Impact of Covid-19”, <a href="https://gsst.ucr.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the GSST department (of which Robinson is Chair) wrote:</a>

“As a department committed to critical feminist, queer, and trans research, we understand that the devastating effects of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has disproportionately impacted – and continues to disproportionately impact – Black and Brown communities due to systemic racism, misogyny, misogynoir, empire and colonialism, occupation and extraction, and xenophobia and white supremacy.”

Dr. Robinson claims that sex is not biological but a social construct. In December of 2021, he <a href="https://twitter.com/DrKittyGirl/status/1466504431462084608" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> that gender liberation can take place only when “the institution of heterosexuality” has been abolished:
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Heterosexuality is doing what it is meant to do (and on steroids because of COVID) - subordinate women, extract their labor, and keep men on top. I hate to break it to straight women, but there will be no gender liberation without abolishing the institution of heterosexuality.
— Dr. Brandon Andrew Robinson (@DrKittyGirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrKittyGirl/status/1466504431462084608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In a response to a tweet from President Biden about capitalism, Dr. Robinson tweeted that capitalism is “exploitation” (see image below):
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Lolololololol 🤡🤡🤡
All capitalism by definition is exploitation lololololol how do you think the capitalists become rich 🙃🙃🙃 <a href="https://t.co/kCAziwet5T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/kCAziwet5T</a>

— Dr. Brandon Andrew Robinson (@DrKittyGirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrKittyGirl/status/1574603882063228928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Robinson has also criticized law enforcement and politicians supporting it. In a tweet written in September of 2022, Robinson equated the police with fascism (see image below):
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Law enforcement literally does not keep communities safe. This is an anti-fact and anti-science ideology that the Dems keep pushing. Law enforcement will enforce anti-trans laws and anti-abortion laws though. Dems are investing in fascism. STOP VOTING FOR THEM. <a href="https://t.co/cWIIJLAuTI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/cWIIJLAuTI</a>
— Dr. Brandon Andrew Robinson (@DrKittyGirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrKittyGirl/status/1573014948417966080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Professor Robinson is writing a book entitled “Trans Jouissance: Gender Liberation and the Abolition of Sexual Identities.” According to <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/brandonr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UCR’s profile page for Professor Robinson</a>, this book is an attempt “to theorize about trans joy and pleasure as ways to disrupt and dismantle the settler colonial institution of compulsory heterosexuality and the Eurocentric gender binary.”

Students and parents may contact the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies at UCR at <a href="https://gsst.ucr.edu/contact-us">(951) 827-4843</a>

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Published - September 29, 2022

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<a href="https://billayers.org/biographyhistory/">Dr. William Ayers</a> is a <a href="https://creativewriting.uchicago.edu/people/william-ayers">member</a> of the Visiting Faculty and Lecturers at the University of Chicago and is formerly a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Ayers was the leader of the “Weather Underground” group responsible for setting off bombs that destroyed government property and infrastructure. Of his group, he said, &#8220;We are a guerrilla organization. We are communist women and men &#8230; deeply affected by the historic events of our time in the struggle against U.S. imperialism.&#8221;

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University of Chicago

<a href="https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/bruce-cumings">Dr. Bruce Cumings</a> is a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cumings placed most of the blame of North Korea’s problems on the United States, while also whitewashing problems in Korea.  For example, Cumings denies the existence of a massive famine in North Korea in the 1990s. Cumings blames the United States for North Korea’s problems, not Communism.

<a href="https://billayers.org/biographyhistory/">Dr. William Ayers</a> is a <a href="https://creativewriting.uchicago.edu/people/william-ayers">member</a> of the Visiting Faculty and Lecturers at the University of Chicago and is formerly a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Ayers was the leader of the “Weather Underground” group responsible for setting off bombs that destroyed government property and infrastructure. Of his group, he said, "We are a guerrilla organization. We are communist women and men ... deeply affected by the historic events of our time in the struggle against U.S. imperialism."

Dr. Emily Landon is an <a href="https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/emily-landon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago.</a> Landon specializes in infectious diseases and is a leader of the “academic health system’s infection control and prevention efforts.”

Dr. Landon was featured in a September 2022 BuzzFeed News article titled <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiecamero/is-the-pandemic-really-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“No, The Pandemic Isn’t Really Over. Here’s Why.”</a> The article was in response to President Biden’s September 18 interview with 60 Minutes where he said: “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.” Landon stated:
“The problem with Biden’s message is that it doubles down on this idea that we don’t really need to worry about COVID anymore … That messaging discourages people from keeping their vigilance up; it discourages people from putting on a mask in a high-risk situation; and it discourages people from getting those really essential boosters.” 
She continued:
“I really don’t think that people are quite as fatigued by the pandemic as they are of change. And while there’s still going to be some change to come, I think we have to do what we can to soothe and ameliorate the changes by avoiding saying things like the pandemic is over, which just creates whiplash.”
<a href="https://thechicagothinker.com/meet-dr-emily-landon-the-face-of-uchicagos-anti-science-covid-decrees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Thinker</a> reports that Landon “crassly and inappropriately mocks the unvaccinated, retweeting posts that depict them as being low-class and incapable of independent research.”

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Dr. Landon has been very outspoken about her belief that everyone should get vaccinated. In a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fda-cdc-second-covid-19-booster-shots-moderna-pfizer-approved/?mkt_tok=MjUwLUNRSC05MzYAAAGDf_fgDphij0DOs6GGRDdZ4GoZ0TZKCkBJOcD5CVHS6_xf6k_s2oq-d1gpKCUW286EDJEEiS6Rwu8QPWA3Lm73Ury4bRl0rjwYrEXVL41JAKT5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS Chicago</a> article, she said:
“If you find yourself saying: ‘I can’t believe they’re asking me to get another stupid booster. When are they going to stop with this crap?’ you know, I think you need [to] take a little stock of where you are, and what luck you had, and what privilege you have to be in a place to say that about yourself.” 
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You may contact the University of Chicago Medicine by phone at: 773-702-1000.
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Published - October 18, 2022

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University of Illinois - Chicago

Dr. Patricia O’Brien, a  <a href="https://today.uic.edu/excellence-in-teaching-patricia-obrien">retired</a> Professor of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago, believes that women should not be put in prison and that women’s prisons should be shut down. She believes that the only reason women are in prison is that they are marginalized and disrespected in society not because they are criminals.

Alexandra Filindra is an <a href="https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/filindra-alexandra/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associate Professor of Political Science and Psychology</a> at the University of Illinois Chicago. She focuses on American gun politics, immigration policy, race and ethnic politics, public opinion, and political psychology.

Professor Filindra has been outspoken about her beliefs that gun ownership and racism are related.

She co-authored a study titled <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-015-9326-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Racial Resentment and Whites’ Gun Policy Preferences in Contemporary America.”</a> The study states that “the language of individual freedom used by the gun rights movement utilizes the same racially meaningful tropes as the rhetoric of the white resistance to black civil rights that developed after WWII and into the 1970s.” Filindra claims the study’s results show “racial resentment is a statistically significant and substantively important predictor of white opposition to gun control.”

She co-authored another study titled <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/soin.12388" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Racial Resentment or Sexism? White Americans’ Outgroup Attitudes as Predictors of Gun Ownership and NRA Membership.”</a> This study sought to link racial and gender ideologies to gun ownership among white Americans. She states: “We find strong evidence that racial resentment is associated with gun ownership, rationales for owning firearms, and NRA membership, but the results for sexiam are generally not consistent with expectations.”

Professor Filindra led a research group that conducted an online survey to compare views on American identity, guns, and political violence between white and black participants. Filindra commented on the group’s findings in a <a href="https://today.uic.edu/survey-measures-whites-blacks-views-on-american-identity-guns-political-violence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UIC press release</a>:
“We cannot ignore that a non-negligible minority of Americans believes that gun rights extend to the context of political protests, that people should have the authority to shoot at protesters based on their personal judgments of danger, and that a substantial number of gun owners would bring their firearms to a political event.”
She continued:
“The free exchange of political ideas, a citizen’s right to assemble and to petition government is inconsistent with the public carry of firearms. Weapons do not foster political exchange; they are designed to hamper it.” 
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You can contact the Department of Political Science by email: pols@uic.edu or phone: 312-996-3105
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Published - October 14, 2022

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<a href="https://gened.as.virginia.edu/walsh">David Austin Walsh</a> is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. His academic work centers on alleging active links between the far-right and conservatism over the past two centuries. Walsh <a href="https://gened.as.virginia.edu/egmt-1530-hateinnany-fascism-antifascism-and-global-far-right">teaches a course titled</a> Hateinnany: Fascism, Antifascism, and the Global Far Right.
In an attempt to tie far-right extremism to mainstream conservatism, Walsh has penned various articles attempting to connect mainstream conservatism with mass shootings. Writing for Arc Digital, he describes the <a href="https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-victim-list-names-identified-walmart-tx-texas/1918691001/">El Paso shooter’s</a> violent and bigoted ideology as <a href="https://arcdigital.media/the-el-paso-shooter-and-donald-trump-share-the-same-politics-so-why-doesnt-the-media-say-so-aff5062c26b1">identical to widely-held conservative stances</a>.
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He then continued,
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<a href="http://bostonreview.net/race-politics/david-walsh-fragile-patriotism-american-conservative">Expressing further disgust for conservatives</a>, he praised the 1619 Project—<a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/new-york-times-1619-project-distorts-history-of-slavery/">a demagogic and racially-laden</a> polemic published by the New York Times—in an article for the Boston Review. He described conservative opposition to the largely erroneous articles as being rooted in racial bigotry.
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David holds extreme contempt at even the idea of a conservative presidency. <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=16097">He has tweeted </a>calls to overthrow the President of the United States and to purge conservative voters in a hypothetical “de-Nazification,” similar to Germany post-WW2.
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As a professor that has taken it upon himself to teach his students about politically right-of-center principles and individuals, it is concerning to see Walsh seamlessly intertwine conservatism with racial bigotry and extremism and then present it as mainstream amongst the right.
&#8211;UPDATE &#8211; This article previously displayed Walsh&#8217;s name as &#8220;David Astin Walsh.&#8221; It has since been corrected. 
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Parents and Students may contact the University of Virginia at (434) 243-9000
Updated &#8211; Spring, 2021

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<a href="https://gened.as.virginia.edu/walsh">David Austin Walsh</a> is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. His academic work centers on alleging active links between the far-right and conservatism over the past two centuries. Walsh <a href="https://gened.as.virginia.edu/egmt-1530-hateinnany-fascism-antifascism-and-global-far-right">teaches a course titled</a> Hateinnany: Fascism, Antifascism, and the Global Far Right.

In an attempt to tie far-right extremism to mainstream conservatism, Walsh has penned various articles attempting to connect mainstream conservatism with mass shootings. Writing for Arc Digital, he describes the <a href="https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-victim-list-names-identified-walmart-tx-texas/1918691001/">El Paso shooter’s</a> violent and bigoted ideology as <a href="https://arcdigital.media/the-el-paso-shooter-and-donald-trump-share-the-same-politics-so-why-doesnt-the-media-say-so-aff5062c26b1">identical to widely-held conservative stances</a>.

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He then continued,

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<a href="http://bostonreview.net/race-politics/david-walsh-fragile-patriotism-american-conservative">Expressing further disgust for conservatives</a>, he praised the 1619 Project—<a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/new-york-times-1619-project-distorts-history-of-slavery/">a demagogic and racially-laden</a> polemic published by the New York Times—in an article for the Boston Review. He described conservative opposition to the largely erroneous articles as being rooted in racial bigotry.

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David holds extreme contempt at even the idea of a conservative presidency. <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=16097">He has tweeted </a>calls to overthrow the President of the United States and to purge conservative voters in a hypothetical “de-Nazification,” similar to Germany post-WW2.

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As a professor that has taken it upon himself to teach his students about politically right-of-center principles and individuals, it is concerning to see Walsh seamlessly intertwine conservatism with racial bigotry and extremism and then present it as mainstream amongst the right.

-UPDATE - This article previously displayed Walsh's name as "David Astin Walsh." It has since been corrected. 

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Parents and Students may contact the University of Virginia at (434) 243-9000
Updated - Spring, 2021

<a href="https://uvahealth.com/findadoctor/profile/christine-m-burt-solorzano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christine M. Burt Solorzano</a> is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the <a href="https://www.virginia.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Virginia</a> (UVA), who described performing gender transitions on children as young as 9 years old in.

The UVA-affiliated hospital that employs Solorzano lists <a href="https://childrens.uvahealth.com/services/transgender-youth-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a range of procedures available to “trans, nonbinary, intersex, and asexual” children as young as 11 years old</a>. The “Transgender Youth Health Services” advertised include:

- Education about sex and contraception.

- Referrals for therapy to help manage anxiety, depression, and ongoing emotional issues.

- Puberty blockers that delay sex-related physical changes.

- Help in finding resources in the community.

- Referrals for gender-affirming surgeries and voice therapy.

The clinic requires an official diagnosis of gender dysphoria by a medical professional and consent from a parent or guardian to treat minors. However, the hospital’s definition of dysphoria is subjective; a diagnosis may only require that “a child’s sense of their gender differs from the sex assigned to them at birth.” Parents are not even required to attend initial appointments with their children.

In a lecture uncovered by The Daily Caller, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/03/university-of-virginia-youth-gender-clinic-offers-puberty-blockers-chemical-castration-referrals-minors-undergo-breast-removal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Solorzano discusses performing “irreversible” surgeries</a> as a part of a gender transition. While claiming that many are only offered to those over 18, she states that children as young as 16 years old may receive double mastectomies. A masectomy–or “top surgery”—removes an otherwise healthy teenager's breasts as part of the female-to-male transition.

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Further on, Dr. Solorzano discusses how she uses “cross-sex” hormones to block puberty in teens who transition. Acknowledging that while these drugs are not recommended for minors, she states that making a teen suffering from dysphoria undergo property is “cruel.” Dr. Solorzano believes that many teens are mature enough to make these “irreversible” decisions.

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Conceding that children must first begin puberty before treatment, Dr. Solorzano recalls consulting a 9-year-old girl on receiving hormones. She then claims that puberty blockers are temporary and puberty can be resumed at any time by stopping treatment.

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A common drug used to block puberty is called Lupron, which was <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/hormone-treatments-gender-dysphoric-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">designed to castrate sex offenders and is not approved by the FDA</a>. Even if the dosage is <a href="https://www.commonsense.news/p/top-trans-doctors-blow-the-whistle?s=r" target="_blank" rel="noopener">halted mid-transition, children are still unable to undergo puberty.</a>

While available via Youtube for over eight years, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzkf6OqNE2Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university appears to have deleted Dr, Solorzano’s lecture following coverage by The Daily Caller as of publication.</a>

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Students and Parents may contact <a href="https://uvahealth.com/about/contact">UVA Health</a> at (434) 924-0000
Published - October 11, 2022
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Jack Russell Weinstein

<a href="https://und.edu/directory/jack.weinstein#publications-and-presentations">Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein</a> is the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Dakota. Weinstein vehemently opposes those whom he calls “open carry activists.” He believes their rights are not protected under the Constitution and he encourages people to avoid those who open carry. Dr. Weinstein even suggested that those who don’t want to be around people who open carry in restaurants should just leave without paying the bill. He says, “There really is no legitimate way of determining intent….Even if the people with guns are carrying a sign claiming to be activists (which they do not do), they could be lying, just setting us all up for slaughter.”

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<a href="https://und.edu/directory/jack.weinstein#publications-and-presentations">Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein</a> is the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Dakota. Weinstein vehemently opposes those whom he calls “open carry activists.” He believes their rights are not protected under the Constitution and he encourages people to avoid those who open carry. Dr. Weinstein even suggested that those who don’t want to be around people who open carry in restaurants should just leave without paying the bill. He says, “There really is no legitimate way of determining intent….Even if the people with guns are carrying a sign claiming to be activists (which they do not do), they could be lying, just setting us all up for slaughter.”

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<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/wgs/en/people/core-faculty/akirklan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anna Kirkland</a>, J.D., Ph.D., is the Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. She also served as the Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) from 2017 to 2022.
Professor Kirkland is very outspoken about her pro-choice beliefs. In response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, she was featured in a <a href="https://news.umich.edu/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-u-m-experts-available-to-discuss/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Michigan News</a> article titled “Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: U-M experts available to discuss.”
She stated that “abortion access is about to be dramatically restricted across large swaths of the United States.” She said that people will be forced “to give birth against their will” and that some “will die from pregnancy complications.” She added:
“This is by far the most radical right-wing majority we have ever seen on the Supreme Court, and so I am wondering whether and when they will take further steps like declaring that a fetus is a person, making all abortions illegal no matter what the state would like to do, or removing rights of access to same-sex marriage or contraception.” 
Kirkland has also been outspoken about her beliefs that everyone should get the COVID vaccine. In a Michigan Advance article titled, <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2021/03/02/how-the-anti-covid-vaccine-movement-mobilized-in-michigan-before-anyone-ever-got-their-first-shot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“How the anti-COVID vaccine movement mobilized in Michigan before anyone ever got their first shot,”</a> she states:
“I do see some new things [about the anti-vaccine movement], and that is the move from a feminized, mother-focused, natural living focus to this highly masculinized, anti-mask, gun rights mobilization.”
She further argued that the anti-vaccine movement has an “inner core that’s probably realistically unreachable” and is dominated by “overwhelming whiteness” and “fundamentally led by the right-wing.”
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You may contact the Women’s and Gender Studies Department by email at: wgsoffice@umich.edu.
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<a href="http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/betsey-stevenson">Betsey Stevenson </a>is an associate professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. Stevenson made the list after making the claim that the lack of women found in Economics textbooks is the reason so few women pursue Economics as a major. In a study she conducted with Hanna Zlotnick, she found that 77% of people found in the leading Economics textbooks were male.

<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/history/people/faculty/jrcole.html">Dr. Juan Cole</a> is a Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He believes right-wing Jews and an “Islamophobic network” were “a key influence” to the shooting that killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. He has also argued that recognizing Israel as a state is racist.

<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/stats/people/faculty/fink.html">Nadiya Fink</a> is a statistics lecturer at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. After a conservative activist satirically changed his preferred pronoun to "His Majesty", Fink threatened to punish any student who mocked the preferred pronoun system.

<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/comm/people/regular-faculty/sdoug.html">Dr. Susan Douglas</a>, a professor at University of Michigan, publicized her hate for Republicans in an article from In These Times. She says, “I hate Republicans. I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa or any of the legions of other blowhards denying climate change, thwarting immigration reform or championing fetal ‘personhood.’”

Charles H.F. Davis is an Assistant Professor at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. He previously taught at the University of Southern California. According to his university biography, Davis’s research and teaching focuses on, “race and racism, systems of oppression, and structures of domination in U.S. higher education and its social contexts.”

Davis previously rose to notoriety in 2017 for a series of <a href="https://twitter.com/hfdavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">racially inflammatory tweets</a>. As reported by <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/usc-professor-defends-tweet-promoting-violence-whiteness/">The College Fix</a>, he tweeted that “whiteness” must be destroyed and alluded to the necessity of violence in confronting it.

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The background photo of his Twitter account at the time featured a black woman pointing a gun at a pig that clearly represents a caricature of a police officer. 

When contacted <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/usc-professor-defends-tweet-promoting-violence-whiteness/">The College Fix</a> over his remarks, Davis responded, “To be clear, I am decidedly against whiteness as a social and political ideology, which systematically marginalize and disenfranchise people of color from opportunities for societal advancement. In addition, I am against the institution of policing, which has historically and continuously enacted racial terror, sexual violence, and economic exploitation against racial minorities, women and LGBTQ communities, and economically disadvantaged working-class people.”

When asked if any of these tweets might make students uncomfortable, Davis <a href="http://hfdavis.com/blog/an-interview-with-a-conservative">responded</a> that any discomfort experienced by his white students is a result of their “white fragility.” 

Davis had previously advocated for the right of students to disrupt conservative speakers on campus. In the wake of <a href="https://badgerherald.com/news/2016/11/17/conservative-pundit-ben-shapiro-lectures-to-turbulent-crowd-on-safe-spaces-freedom-of-speech/">protesters heckling</a> Ben Shapiro’s lecture at the University of Wisconsin Madison, school regents approved a <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-university-of-wisconsin-protest-punishment-20171006-story.html">policy</a> to suspend or expel students that purposefully disrupt events. Davis’s subsequent <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-university-of-wisconsin-protest-punishment-20171006-story.html">op-ed</a> at Inside Higher Ed argued that this only reinforced white supremacy: “To be clear, it is a decision that reinforces institutionalized white supremacy -- and other oppressive forms of systemic power.” Davis argues that conservative speakers like Shapiro have hijacked the First Amendment to push “white supremacist agendas.”  

Davis’s website, which is listed by the University of Michigan on his biography, <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51ab9fa0e4b06a38e604420a/t/5edaf71d1ab0434751b2e960/1591408468354/HF+Davis+%E2%80%93%C2%A0EPK.pdf">advertises </a>that he has taught the issues of “ race, racism, and systemic oppression in education and society” to over “7,000 students, educators and institutional leaders.” The <a href="http://hfdavis.com/">home page</a> of the site also features links to organizations that advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement, abolishing the police, and boycotting the nation of Israel.

<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/ac/people/faculty/jchl.html">John Cheney-Lippold</a> is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan whose work focuses on Internet Studies, Cultural Studies, and Algorithm Studies.

Lippold made<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11317"> headlines</a> for his blatant discrimination against a pro-Israel student at Michigan. After agreeing to the initial request, he refused to write a letter of recommendation for her to study abroad in Israel due to his adherence to the academic boycott of the nation. In a now released email exchange, Lippold replied to the student’s request:

“As you may know, many university departments have pledged an academic boycott against Israel in support of Palestinians living in Palestine. This boycott includes writing letters of recommendations for students to study there.” 

In a<a href="https://nypost.com/2018/09/20/professor-draws-ire-after-declining-to-help-student-study-in-israel/"> statement</a> released by <a href="https://palestinelegal.org/">Palestine Legal</a>, he only proceeded to double-down and even compared Israel to Apartheid-era South Africa:

“I support the Palestinian boycott call because I am appalled at Israel’s continuing violation of Palestinian rights, and our government’s support for those violations...If a student had wanted to do a study abroad at an institution in Apartheid South Africa, I would have declined to write a letter for her as well.”

Professor Silke-Maria Weineck wrote a September 6, 2022, op-ed for The Chronicle of Higher Education titled <a href="https://archive.ph/GBDq6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Colleges Must Stop Trying to Appease the Right.”</a> The article begins by criticizing a university dean who had a conversation with a professor after a parent complained about one of the professor’s tweets. Weineck calls on her peers to stand up to Republicans, writing:
“Under the circumstances, it is not merely acceptable to denounce the GOP - clearly, loudly, profanely. It is our ethical and professional duty.” 
She goes on to say that the Republican Party has a “longstanding contempt for knowledge and expertise” in the fields of “history, public health, climate change, or ecology.”

She argues that colleges have an obligation to protect their faculty, staff, and students, saying:
“They must clearly insist on our people’s right not to be forced into pregnancy, not to be demeaned or disadvantaged due to their sexual orientation or gender identity, and to have all of their histories studied and told.” 
She finishes her opinion piece by quoting Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance when he said that “professors are the enemy.” Weineck responds: “He is correct. He is our enemy, and we must be his. I welcome his hatred. As a modest start, I suggest that we no longer respond to Republicans who complain about professional tweets with anything other than a short form letter. I would be happy to draft it.”

This is not Weineck’s first anti-Republican opinion piece. In May 2021, she wrote another op-ed for The Chronicle of Higher Education titled <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210520190416/https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-tenure-denial-of-nikole-hannah-jones-is-craven-and-dangerous" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Tenure Denial of Nikole Hannah-Jones is Craven and Dangerous.”</a> She argues that Nikole Hannah-Jones was denied tenure at the University of North Carolina because of Republicans and the “governors and trustees within the UNC system in particular.” She writes:
“Universities hire faculty members who work on the history of racism and share Hannah-Jones’s broad convictions and investments all the time, and regents, trustees, and governors do not get involved. Nikole Hannah-Jones is different because she drove the conversation into places where it could not be belittled or contained.” 
Dr. Weineck believes <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/nikolehannahjones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hannah-Jones</a> is overqualified for tenure, saying: “The woman has a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur grant, and she spearheaded what is probably the most effective public-history effort in the history of the country, “The 1619 Project.””

The 1619 Project, originally a series of essays published in the New York Times and later developed into a book, “aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.” It argues that America was not founded in 1776 but in 1619, when the first enslaved Americans were brought to the Virginia colony, now the state of Virginia.

Weineck states that: “across the country, the GOP and its lickspittles have decided, in part precisely because of the success of “The 1619 Project,” that the correct way to address systemic racism is not only to deny its existence but to legally mandate this denial.” She argues that “universities are imperfect institutions, far more conservative than their reputation, and not nearly the force for good they imagine themselves to be.”

Silke-Maria Weineck is a <a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/german/people/faculty/smwei.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature</a> at the University of Michigan.

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You can contact the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures by email: germandept@umich.edu or phone: 734-764-8018.
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Published - October 7, 2022

<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/soc/people/faculty/erin-cech.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Erin Cech</a> is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Professor by courtesy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Professor Cech authored a study titled “<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo1558" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The intersectional privilege of white able-bodied heterosexual men in STEM</a>.” In this paper, she <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-studies-intersectional-privilege-of-white-able-bodied-heterosexual-men-in-stem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compared the experiences of “white able-bodied heterosexual men (WAHM)”</a> in the STEM fields to 31 other intersectional groups. Her study concludes that “...members of all other 31 intersectional groups experience significantly less social inclusion in their STEM jobs on average than WAHM experience….”

In a <a href="https://news.umich.edu/privileges-confirmed-for-straight-white-men-working-in-stem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan News</a> press release, Cech said: “The findings show the importance of encouraging white men to recogize the privileges they may have access to, and commit to serving as allies to fight for change at the organizational and structural level.”
“It is everyone’s responsibility - advantaged and disadvantaged alike - to fight for more equitable climates and practices in STEM.”  
Cech wrote a study in June 2017 titled “<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023117712395" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rugged Meritocratists: The Role of Overt Bias and the Meritocratic Ideology in Trump Supporters’ Opposition to Social Justice Efforts</a>.” Her work aimed to determine “whether and why Trump supporters are more likely than other Americans to oppose social justice efforts.”

She concludes that “Trump supporters are indeed more opposed to social justice efforts.” She says that Trump supporters “express greater overt race, class, and gender bias, yet this bias does not explain their opposition”:
“Rather, many Trump supporters are “rugged meritocratists” who oppose these efforts because they believe U.S. society is already fair. To expand support for social justice efforts, rugged meritocratists must first be convinced that systemic inequalities still exist.” 
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You can contact the Department of Sociology by email: sociology.department@umich.edu or by phone: 734-764-6324
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Published - November 2, 2022

<a href="https://soe.umich.edu/directory/faculty-staff/deborah-loewenberg-ball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deborah Loewenberg Ball</a> is the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor of Education and former dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan. According to her university profile, Ball says her research focuses on “leveraging the power of teaching to disrupt racism, marginalization, and inequity.”

Bell was featured in a July 2021 episode of the <a href="https://gsehd.gwu.edu/edfix-ts-ep23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EdFix Podcast</a>, where she argued that mathematics is racist. She claims that math is a “Harbor for whiteness” and said,
“...what’s also very difficult is to get people to see how the very nature of the knowledge and who’s produced it, and what has counted as Mathematics is itself also dominated by whiteness and by racism.” 
To provide an example of this racism, she states:
“This is really important because we do see patterns about who succeeds in Math in this country and it’s overwhelmingly white and Asian. It’s overwhelmingly still male once you get on with Mathematics.” 
She continues:
“So how about noticing that and being willing to open ourselves up to the question of how racism has permeated Mathematics and the way it’s represented in school and take the time to unfold that and to figure out what that would mean for looking at a better way of a curriculum and the pedagogy of Math in school.” 
Professor Ball wrote a March 2021 op-ed for the Detroit Free Press titled, <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2021/03/21/why-school-isnt-safe-place-every-child/6937638002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Why school isn’t a safe place for every child.”</a> In this article, she argues that schools are often unsafe for children of color and that COVID provided an opportunity for “many Black and Brown children to be out of the white gaze of punishment and deficit views” which “was a welcome respite from fear and control.”

She also argues that the curriculum in schools has been “unsafe,” writing:
“The images, knowledge, people and values that permeate history, science and art, as well as mathematics, language and text are harmful. They distort the experiences of Indigenous people, of Black communities and of immigrant groups. They reinscribe whiteness, heteronormativity and English as normal and desirable.” 
She concludes her op-ed by stating that schools need to “take a fuller view of the safety needed to dismantle anti-Blackness and white supremacy in our educational systems” as students and staff return to in-person schooling.

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You can contact the University of Michigan School of Education by phone at: 734-764-9470.
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Published - November 2, 2022

<a href="https://sph.umich.edu/faculty-profiles/fleming-paul.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paul Fleming</a> is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior &amp; Health Education at the University of Michigan. According to his university profile, his work focuses on strategies to address the root causes of racial inequities.

Fleming is outspoken about his pro-choice beliefs. In a University of Michigan News article titled, <a href="https://news.umich.edu/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-u-m-experts-available-to-discuss/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: U-M experts available to discuss,”</a> he states:
“Abortion is health care and part of a person’s right to choose if and when to have a child. Overturning Roe v. Wade will cause harms that are entirely preventable and increase inequities we see in health and other outcomes.” 
His <a href="https://twitter.com/flemingpaulj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> features several posts discussing Prop 3, an initiative to restore Roe v. Wade, on the Michigan ballot this November.
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Psst…did you text your MI friends if they have a voting plan?
And ask if they’ve heard of Prop 3? <a href="https://t.co/DngRYn8HMl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/DngRYn8HMl</a>
— Paul J. Fleming (@FlemingPaulJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlemingPaulJ/status/1583488870662180864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Check out this thread of easy actions you can take to support Prop 3 in Michigan to restore Roe and ensure reproductive freedom for all. <a href="https://twitter.com/mireprofreedom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@mireprofreedom</a> 👇🏼 <a href="https://t.co/GuH6YIxnR4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/GuH6YIxnR4</a>
— Paul J. Fleming (@FlemingPaulJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlemingPaulJ/status/1582547277117214720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Public health awakened supports prop 3 because abortion access is a health equity issue! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VoteHealth2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#VoteHealth2022</a> <a href="https://t.co/5q967MCvj4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/5q967MCvj4</a>
— MI Chapter Public Health Awakened (@MI_PHAwakened) <a href="https://twitter.com/MI_PHAwakened/status/1582504507052679170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Fleming teaches a course titled <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lIEuh5p_UmqbBMoRbiBpndPyFIdjcc8foBmHPdWy-O4/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Historical Roots of Health Inequities.”</a>  A reading list for the course includes publications such as “America Wasn’t a Democracy Until Black Americans Made it One” by <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/nikolehannahjones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikole Hannah-Jones</a>, and chapters from <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/ibramxkendi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ibram X. Kendi’s</a> book “Stamped from the Beginning.” Other recommended titles include: “No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border,” “The Case for Reparations,” and “The Police Are Not Here to Protect You.”

He elaborated on his belief that “police do not produce safety” in a May 2022 tweet:
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Police do not produce safety, policing has been shown to harm public health.
Reducing poverty, providing safe housing, high quality education, addressing trauma, paying a living wage, etc. This is how we make our community safe.

COVID relief $ should NOT go to more police. <a href="https://t.co/y3BoZyQL7c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/y3BoZyQL7c</a>

— Paul J. Fleming (@FlemingPaulJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlemingPaulJ/status/1525210362659975170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Fleming, along with the help of two other University of Michigan professors, put together a free online course titled <a href="https://online.umich.edu/courses/structural-racism-causes-of-health-inequities-in-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S.”</a> The course description says that “racial health disparities … are rampant in the U.S.” By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
-”Describe the impact of structural racism on individuals.” 
-”Identify policies and events that shaped current racial health inequities.”
-”Describe how inequities in institutions like schools, businesses, and policing contribute to current racial health inequities.”
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You can contact the University of Michigan School of Public Health by phone at: 734-764-5425.
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Published - November 2, 2022

<a href="https://michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/our-faculty/barbara-l-mcquade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbara McQuade</a> is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School. According to her university profile, her interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, data privacy, and civil rights. She was appointed by President Obama and served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017.

McQuade has been outspoken about her belief that former President Trump should be charged with manslaughter for the events that took place on January 6, 2021. On July 16, she wrote an op-ed for MSNBC titled, <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/did-trump-commit-manslaughter-jan-6-committee-doj-should-find-n1297314" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The case for charging Trump with manslaughter.”</a>

In this article, McQuade argues that the “loss of life was predictable in light of the size of the mob, their emotional state and their use of force.” She believes Trump knew the crowd was armed and said, “Unlike most members of the public who have no duty to take action to prevent a crime, a president has a constitutional duty to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.””

She concludes her comments by writing:
“Donald Trump once said he could “stand in the middle [of] Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not lose any voters. Can he also cause the deaths of five people and not lose his liberty?” 
She tweeted a link to her op-ed on October 25, 2022 with the caption, “Here is my analysis of involuntary manslaughter charges for Trump. This theory is probably a bridge too far for DOJ, but failing to a [sic] call off the mob when he knew they were armed and angry makes the resulting deaths at the Capitol reasonably forseeable.”
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Here is my analysis of involuntary manslaughter charges for Trump. This theory is probably a bridge too far for DOJ, but failing to a call off the mob when he knew they were armed and angry makes the resulting deaths at the Capitol reasonably foreseeable. <a href="https://t.co/GekzfDbo2C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/GekzfDbo2C</a>
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarbMcQuade/status/1584851924570054659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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McQuade is also outspoken about her beliefs on gun control. In an <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/america-s-gun-infatuation-threat-supreme-court-could-make-it-n1283362" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSNBC op-ed,</a> she wrote “America’s infatuation with guns is a national security threat.” She states: “I was one of 30 former national security officials to sign on to an amicus brief arguing that unrestricted access to concealable firearms poses a great threat to public safety.” She ended the piece by claiming, “...like all rights, those described in Second Amendment are not absolute.”

In a TIME article, titled <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220204035713/https://time.com/6122142/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict Makes Us All Less Safe,”</a> she poses the question:
“Looking at this case broadly, how can it be that our laws permit a teenager to escape criminal liability after he travels from out of state to a scene of civil unrest, violates a curfew specifically designed to keep people off the streets, and ostentatiously carries with him an assault weapon that results in deadly harm?” 
She goes on to argue that Rittenhouse will become the “poster boy for right-wing extremists and politicians.” She justifies this statement by saying, “Rep. Matt Gaetz has already stated that Rittenhouse would make a good congressional intern.”

She claims the Rittenhouse verdict will “be a larger message to society that we should embrace vigilante justice” and will “promote irresponsible use of assault weapons under the banner of the Second Amendment.” Therefore, she believes the verdict makes everyone “less safe.”

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Published - November 2, 2022

<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/wgs/en/people/core-faculty/akirklan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anna Kirkland</a>, J.D., Ph.D., is the Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. She also served as the Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) from 2017 to 2022.

Professor Kirkland is very outspoken about her pro-choice beliefs. In response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, she was featured in a <a href="https://news.umich.edu/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-u-m-experts-available-to-discuss/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Michigan News</a> article titled “Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: U-M experts available to discuss.”

She stated that “abortion access is about to be dramatically restricted across large swaths of the United States.” She said that people will be forced “to give birth against their will” and that some “will die from pregnancy complications.” She added:
“This is by far the most radical right-wing majority we have ever seen on the Supreme Court, and so I am wondering whether and when they will take further steps like declaring that a fetus is a person, making all abortions illegal no matter what the state would like to do, or removing rights of access to same-sex marriage or contraception.” 
Kirkland has also been outspoken about her beliefs that everyone should get the COVID vaccine. In a Michigan Advance article titled, <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2021/03/02/how-the-anti-covid-vaccine-movement-mobilized-in-michigan-before-anyone-ever-got-their-first-shot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“How the anti-COVID vaccine movement mobilized in Michigan before anyone ever got their first shot,”</a> she states:
“I do see some new things [about the anti-vaccine movement], and that is the move from a feminized, mother-focused, natural living focus to this highly masculinized, anti-mask, gun rights mobilization.”
She further argued that the anti-vaccine movement has an “inner core that’s probably realistically unreachable” and is dominated by “overwhelming whiteness” and “fundamentally led by the right-wing.”

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You may contact the Women’s and Gender Studies Department by email at: wgsoffice@umich.edu.
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<a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/hssp/people/professional---office-staff/lhharris.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Lisa Harris</a> is the F. Wallace and Janet Jeffries Collegiate Professor of Reproductive Health, and Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. According to <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/post-roe-task-force-launched-by-university-of-michigan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The College Fix</a>, Harris is also the medical director for a regional Planned Parenthood.

Dr. Harris performs late-term abortions in which the baby is brutally dismembered. <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortionist-lisa-harris-dismembering-sad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Live Action</a> reports that in an article written for <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18772087/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reproductive Health Matters</a>, Dr. Harris recounts performing an abortion while pregnant with her own daughter. She writes:
“[I] was more interested than usual in seeing the fetal parts when I was done, since they would so closely resemble those of my own fetus. I went about doing the procedure as usual, removed the laminaria I had placed earlier and confirmed I had adequate dilation. I … picked up my forceps and began to remove the fetus in parts, as I always did. I felt lucky that this one was already in the breech position - it would make grasping small parts (legs and arms) a little easier.” 
“With my first pass of the forceps, I grasped an extremity and began to pull it down. I could see a small foot hanging from the teeth of my forceps. With a quick tug, I separated the leg. Precisely at that moment, I felt a kick - a fluttery “thump, thump” in my own uterus. It was one of the first times I felt fetal movement. There was a leg and foot in my forceps, and a “thump, thump” in my abdomen. Instantly, tears were streaming from my eyes … Doing second trimester abortions did not get easier after my pregnancy; in fact, dealing with little infant parts of my born baby only made dealing with dismembered fetal parts sadder.” 
In a <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortionist-lisa-harris-dismembering-sad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video recorded at the National Abortion Federation convention</a>, Dr. Harris was asked a question from a pro-choice activist about pictures of aborted babies. She responded:
“[I] actually think that we should be less about denying the reality of those images. More about acknowledging, that yeah, that’s kind of true. … we might actually both agree that there’s violence in here, ask me why I come to work every day. Let’s just give them all, the violence, it’s a person, killing - let’s just give them all that.” 
In June 2022, the University of Michigan announced the <a href="https://record.umich.edu/articles/university-creates-task-force-to-focus-on-abortion-access/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">creation of a task force to focus on abortion access.</a> Dr. Harris, who will co-chair the group, said in a press release that she is concerned about an increased birthrate in the post-Roe era:
“We can also expect to see an increase in the birthrate in the state - some estimates are as high as a 17% increase - and it is not clear that we or others have capacity to manage a dramatic shift like this.” 
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Published - November 10, 2022

<a href="https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/urology/dee-ellen-fenner-md" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Dee Ellen Fenner</a> is the Director of Gynecology, the Director of Surgical Services, and a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Fenner is co-chair of the University of Michigan’s task force on abortion-care access. The goal of the task force is to make “plans to manage in a post-Roe v. Wade environment, by determining how an abortion ban could affect clinical care, educational instruction, student health and more.”

In a <a href="https://record.umich.edu/articles/university-creates-task-force-to-focus-on-abortion-access/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university press release,</a> Dr. Fenner said:
“Existing racial disparities in health outcomes and in student educational outcomes will likely be exacerbated. Overturning Roe is a health, gender and racial equity issue. We need careful planning to mitigate its most serious potential effects.” 
An October 2022 article titled, <a href="https://record.umich.edu/articles/task-force-focused-on-abortion-access-continues-planning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Task force focused on abortion access continues planning,”</a> says that the task force has been “closely monitoring the multiple court rulings that have made abortion status in the state uncertain over recent months. Dr. Fenner states:

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Dr. Fenner is also outspoken about her pro-choice beliefs on her Twitter account:
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Proud to continue our care and dedication to reproductive services including abortion. Proud our University is standing up for women and families. <a href="https://t.co/D3VPgdwf8I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/D3VPgdwf8I</a>
— Dee Fenner MD (@Dee_Fenner_MD) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dee_Fenner_MD/status/1540494548182384640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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What will Prop 3 do?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Proposal3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#Proposal3</a> is a middle-ground solution that makes Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban unenforceable. It’s the ONLY WAY to protect women’s reproductive health care this Election Day. Vote <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesOn3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#YesOn3</a> Nov. 8th. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RestoreRoe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#RestoreRoe</a> <a href="https://t.co/uhFHEOTkrU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/uhFHEOTkrU</a>
— Reproductive Freedom for All (@mireprofreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/mireprofreedom/status/1586085771009744897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/jonathan-m-zasloff/">Jonathan Zasloff</a> is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. Zasloff was caught on social media in January of 2015 stating that Republicans were catering to their KKK core of old, angry, white Southern men with reactionary views on race.

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<a href="https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/jonathan-m-zasloff/">Jonathan Zasloff</a> is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. Zasloff was caught on social media in January of 2015 stating that Republicans were catering to their KKK core of old, angry, white Southern men with reactionary views on race.

<a href="https://history.ucla.edu/faculty/robin-kelley">Dr. Robin Kelley</a> is the Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair and Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

A <a href="https://news.stanford.edu/news/1998/july29/kelley729.html">self-described</a> “Marxist" and "surrealist feminist,” Kelley wrote an article for the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opinion/george-floyd-protests-looting.html">New York Times</a> in which he excused the riots and looting following George Floyd’s death, as it pails in comparison to the "looting" that America was founded upon.

Although attempting to frame right-wing rioters as the REAL culprits behind the rampant destruction, Kelley attempts to excuse looting by claiming the real disaster is racism afflicted upon minorities in America, and chastises Americans’ concern over the rioting. He asks, "What kind of society values property over black life?"

Dr. Robin Kelley is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the state of Israel. As the co-author on an editorial in the <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/educators-cant-stay-silent-about-israeli-apartheid/10928">Electronic Intifada</a>,  Kelley argued that Israel is an “apartheid state” and urged his fellow academics to boycott Israel in an attempt to cripple the nation.

<a href="https://www.confucius.ucla.edu/about-us/susan-pertel-jain">Susan Partel Jain</a> is the Executive Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of California - Los Angeles. The Confucius Institute is funded by the Chinese Communist Party and serves as a focal point for the dissemination of propaganda from and foreign espionage.

<a href="https://www.confucius.ucla.edu/about-us/team">Scott L. Waugh</a> is the Chair of the Confucius Institute at the University of California-Los Angeles. The Confucius Institute is funded by the Chinese Communist Party and serves as a focal point for the dissemination of propaganda and foreign espionage on American campuses.

<a href="https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/kimberle-w-crenshaw">Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw</a> is a Professor of Law and the Promise Institute Chair in Human Rights at the <a href="https://www.ucla.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)</a>. She also teaches law as a professor at the <a href="https://www.law.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia School of Law</a>.

Dr. Crenshaw is best recognized as a founding scholar of critical race theory and intersectionality. She has continued to make significant contributions to each field throughout her career. Both concepts have been widely adopted by the radical left as the basis for their activism and movements.

Dr. Crenshaw <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229039?read-now=1&amp;refreqid=excelsior%3Ad80f43d375e3f40179924f768317a237&amp;seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first defined intersectionality in a landmark paper published for the Stanford Law Review, titled, “Mapping the Margins.</a>” In it, she praises identity politics as necessary to the lived experiences of American minorities.

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However, Dr. Crenshaw then comments that identity politics does not go nearly far enough, countering that intersectionality is needed to successfully combat what she alleges is the systemic oppression minorities face in America.

Intersectionality is used by activists and academics to depict racial and sexual oppression as interconnected amongst various minority groups. For example in “Mapping the Margins,” Dr. Crenshaw claims that a black woman would suffer from both systemic racism and sexism in America. She further characterizes the theory as the link between <a href="https://newdiscourses.com/2021/03/forging-woke-one-ring-kimberle-crenshaws-mapping-margins/">contemporary politics and postmodernism</a>. Academic James Lindsay describes <a href="https://newdiscourses.com/2021/03/forging-woke-one-ring-kimberle-crenshaws-mapping-margins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intersectionality as the “birthplace of wokeness.”</a>

Much of intersectionality’s academic framework was used by Dr. Crenshaw to develop concepts of critical race theory. She drew additional inspiration from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/12/kimberle-crenshaw-the-woman-who-revolutionised-feminism-and-landed-at-the-heart-of-the-culture-wars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">critical legal studies, which, like critical race theory, posits that no American law can truly be neutral or impartial.</a>

Ben Shapiro defines critical race theory—also referred to as critical theory—in an article for Breitbart <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2012/03/11/what-is-critical-race-theory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as an intellectual branch of Marxism that alleges American society and all of its founding institutions are infected with white supremacy</a>. Furthermore, proponents of critical race theory believe that people should take proactive steps to dismantle these institutions in the name of equity, which is also referred to as being “anti-racist.”

Dr. Crenshaw herself further defined the concept in an appearance on MSNBC in July of 2021, She characterized her theory as a method to understand how racial inequality is produced—or acts as a “conduit”—from laws, institutions, and historical oppression, all of which are referenced interchangeably with white supremacy. The full video may be viewed below.

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One such institution that Dr. Crenshaw targets are police departments and policing as a whole. In a <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/sandylocks/status/1306271685625049089?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet from September 2020</a>, she demanded that all police departments be defunded, a move deemed necessary for the full dismantlement of “white nationalism.”
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The call to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DefundThePolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#DefundThePolice</a> should be a mandate to dismantle the hyper-militaristic, racist functions of the police as the coercive power of white nationalism.
Defunding the police needs to be a call for the de-weaponizing of white supremacy. <a href="https://t.co/rg0bdzImQn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/rg0bdzImQn</a>

— Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) <a href="https://twitter.com/sandylocks/status/1306271685625049089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Crenshaw’s work and activism have been instrumental to school districts adopting critical race theory into their curriculums. One district in Illinois allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawsuit-illinois-school-district-forced-students-on-privilege-walks-compared-whiteness-to-the-devil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">segregated students by race during a “privilege walk</a>” and compared “whiteness” to the devil during class lessons. Another school district in Buffalo, New York taught students that<a href="https://www.city-journal.org/buffalo-public-schools-critical-race-theory-curriculum" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> America is, “built on racism,” and all Americans, “have an implicit racial bias.</a>”

Dr. Crensaw’s work has spawned other prominent critical race theorists like Dr. Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the 1619 Project. She has described <a href="https://news.columbia.edu/news/what-does-intersectionality-mean-2021-kimberle-crenshaws-podcast-must-listen-way-learn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Jones work as “phenomenal” to the rethinking of the American founding</a>.

Dr. Jones <a href="https://reason.com/2020/09/23/1619-project-nikole-hannah-jones-1776-founding-race-new-york-times/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> that America’s real founding was in 1619 when the first slave stepped foot in North America, and not 1776 when the American colonies declared independence from England. <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/new-york-times-corrects-the-1619-project-but-its-still-a-giant-lie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Though now retracted for numerous false claims</a>, the documents have now been <a href="https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2020/07/21/the-1619-project-curriculum-taught-in-over-4500-schools-frederick-county-public-schools-has-the-option/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added to the curriculum of 4,500 schools across the country</a>.

Readers can visit the <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/nikolehannahjones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profile of Dr. Nikole Hannah-Jones on TPUSA’s Professor Watchlist</a> to learn more.

Despite evidence to the contrary, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-lying-media-outlets-claiming-crt-isnt-being-taught-in-public-schools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a number of pundits on the left claim that critical race theory isn’t being taught in schools</a>. However, Dr. Crenshaw herself has written that the theory may serve as a <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1417313212207271936?s=27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“catch-all” for race-based scholarship</a>.
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Well well well, if it's isn't Kimberlé Crenshaw, founder of critical race theory, telling us that the term "critical race theory" can be "used as interchangeably for race scholarship as Kleenex is used for tissue"—exactly as I've been saying all along. 👍<a href="https://t.co/0xQrB80nC3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/0xQrB80nC3</a> <a href="https://t.co/GP7mLZAm9x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/GP7mLZAm9x</a>
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1417313212207271936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Updated - September 21, 2021

<a href="https://equity.ucla.edu/who-we-are/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Johnathan Perkins</a> is the Director of Race and Equity for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of California - Los Angeles.

In a series of tweets—<a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/uclas-race-and-equity-officer-who-wished-death-upon-clarence-thomas-once-admitted-to-staging-a-race-hoax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first highlighted by the Post Millennial</a>—Mr. Perkins attacks Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni Thomas, writing that he hopes Mr. Thomas dies in the hospital and accuses Mrs. Thomas of treason.

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At the time, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/justice-clarence-thomas-hospital-supreme-151322076.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clarence Thomas had been hospitalized for the flu</a>. The accusation directed at Ginni Thomas refers to her involvement in <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/03/28/jan-6-committee-likely-to-request-ginni-thomas-testimony/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voter integrity protests surrounding the 2020 general election</a>.

In the tweet, Mr. Perkins refers to Clarence Thomas as “Uncle Thomas.” The phrase is a racial slur used to accuse black people of selling out their race to white people.

Mr. Perkins is no stranger to racially-incendiary remarks. On his <a href="https://johnathansperkins.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">personal blog, he writes about white privilege, systemic racism, and antiracist work</a> on a frequent basis.

In one article, he berates the <a href="https://johnathansperkins.com/blog/2020/10/1/an-open-letter-to-my-white-extended-family-ahead-of-november-3rd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservative, white members of his family in an open letter posted prior to the 2020 general election</a>. He demands to know who plans to vote for a president who “incites white supremacist violence against black people” and vows to never associate with that family member again:

“If you, or any of your immediate family (spouses, children, children-in-law) are planning to vote for Donald Trump on November 3, I ask that you please contact me to discuss before that date. I hope that I never again have the unfortunate experience of discovering that someone in my own family has voted for a president who continues to incite white supremacist violence against Black people, violence and hate against the LGBTQ+ community, hatred and misogyny against women, and violent racist xenophobia against brown immigrants.

If, once again, we affected family members are forced to cope with this trauma, I regret that I, personally, will no longer be able to associate with the family member/voter in question. I will not attend family events where that member is present and will call out said family loudly whenever we interact from now on. I will no longer ignore the fact that my family members voted for all these things, against my humanity.“

<a href="https://johnathansperkins.com/blog/2020/2/27/white-privilege-a-euphemism-for-white-supremacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Another post defines white privilege</a> as “the idea that white people enjoy a particular set of benefits, simply by virtue of their whiteness (despite the harmful costs).” Mr. Perkins further writes that this privilege is a “manifestation of white supremacy” and many white people may be regarded as virulently racist as a Klansman.

“I need to make something abundantly clear: white supremacy, like most harmful social constructs, exists on a spectrum. The Beverly Hills middle school English teacher who, intentionally or otherwise, does not include literature by black authors in her curriculum, is operating within the same fundamental system of beliefs, the same structure, as the Mississippi Klansman: whiteness as supreme, which by definition does not acknowledge blackness, which necessarily degrades it.“

In one article—published during ongoing riots in the summer of 2020—Dr. Perkins <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220328223757/https://johnathansperkins.com/blog/2020/5/31/dont-talk-to-me-about-looting-an-open-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">excoriates white people who might hold concerns about the continuous rioting and looting</a> that was occurring in cities across the country. Describing white people as the “original looters of this country,” he writes that America had been founded on looting and violence, and no meaningful civil rights movements can, or would take place without riots:

“America is the original looter. White people are the original looters in this country. The original colonizers looted the indigenous people of this land damn-near completely to death. The original colonizers stole us from our homes, brought us to this place, and continued to loot and terrorize us for the last 400 years.

Violence has been the American way since its inception. Looting and pillaging is as American as apple pie. You think the so-called Boston Tea Party was a party? It was a riot.

No meaningful civil rights advancement has taken place in this country without riots. I personally choose to never carry out or even promote violence. But police violence, government violence, is the only thing Black people have ever known in America.” 

The BLM-inspired riots were the largest in American history, <a href="https://fee.org/articles/george-floyd-riots-caused-record-setting-2-billion-in-damage-new-report-says-here-s-why-the-true-cost-is-even-higher/#:~:text=Only%20now%20are%20we%20beginning,%241%20billion%20to%20%242%20billion." target="_blank" rel="noopener">causing an estimated $2 billion in damages and 47 deaths.</a>

Mr. Perkins <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/campus-hate-crime-hoaxes-a-best-of-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously staged a race hoax while attending the University of Virginia.</a> He alleged that two police officers racially profiled him frisked him, and mocked him during detention. Although <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/964739540685101/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later admitting that he fabricated the incident</a>, he now maintains the <a href="https://johnathansperkins.com/blog/2019/2/24/7-points-to-consider-about-the-jussie-smollett-ordeal-from-someone-whos-been-there" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI pressured him to recant his story</a>.

In his role at UCLA, Mr. Perkins describes himself as a “<a href="https://johnathansperkins.com/blog/2019/8/17/g2t7llr5oviffi0gq4do7cqr2bn1k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full-time professional practitioner of anti-racism”</a> who is dedicated to dismantling white supremacy. <a href="https://equity.ucla.edu/edi-ucla/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to its website, the purpose of The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</a> itself is based on the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/udhrbook/pdf/udhr_booklet_en_web.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UN Declaration of Human Rights</a>.

The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Mr. Perkins for comment but have not received a reply by the time of publication.

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Students and Parents may contact the <a href="https://equity.ucla.edu/who-we-are/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion</a> at (310) 825-3935. 
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Updated - April 6th, 2022

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William Field

<a href="http://www.polisci.rutgers.edu/cb-profile/userprofile/whfield">Dr. William Field</a>, a professor at Rutgers University, sent out an email to all political science majors and minors to protest against Condoleeza Rice serving as their commencement speaker. He was also said to have congratulated one of the lead organizers of the protest who had damaged university property.

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Rutgers University

<a href="https://sociology.rutgers.edu/faculty/affliliated-graduate-faculty/541-kumar-deepa">Dr. Deepa Kumar</a> is a Professor of Media Studies as well as Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. She argued on Twitter that the U.S. military is worse than ISIS. Kumar wrote on Twitter, "Yes ISIS is brutal, but US is more so, 1.3 million killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan."

<a href="http://womens-studies.rutgers.edu/faculty/core-faculty/143-jasbir-puar">Dr. Jasbir Puar</a>, a professor at Rutgers University, was invited to speak at Vassar. Her lecture was titled “Inhumanist Biopolitics: How Palestine Matters.” In her lecture, she accuses Israel of “stunting” growth of Palestinian bodies through scientific experiment as well as harvesting their organs.

<a href="http://www.kevin-allred.com/">Kevin Allred</a> was an adjunct instructor at Rutgers University. He underwent a psych evaluation after a series of questionable and possibly threatening tweets relating to Trump and the Second Amendment. He also went to Twitter after the election to complain that Rutgers had not publicly ensured the safety of students after Trump won. He also teaches a class called "Politicizing Beyonce". He was <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/21/rutgers-places-adjunct-leave-tweets-he-says-were-based-rhetoric-president-elect">placed</a> on administrative leave as of 2016

<a href="https://rcws10.rutgers.edu/faculty/Chikindas/">Professor Michael Chikindas</a>, Rutgers University, posted frequent anti-Semitic comments, at one point referring to Jewish people as “international fat Jewish pockets.” “These jewish [sic] motherf*****s do not control me. They can go f**k each other in their fat a***s - you see, I really do not have anything to loose [sic], hence nothing to be controlled,” he wrote in response to an article titled “The Globalists: Who Control Us!”.

<a href="http://history.rutgers.edu/faculty-directory/174-markowitz-norman">Dr. Norman Markowitz</a> is a Professor of History at Rutgers University. Dr. Markowitz is also an active member of the Communist Party USA since 1978.  He writes and teaches about communism using his “Marxist Perspective.” As a supporter of Obama, Markowitz said that it would be good if Obama’s policies were labeled socialist because it would bring socialism to the forefront and looked at more seriously as a viable option for Americans. He has been a longtime defender of the Communist spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and has said he has “enormous respect” for Howard Zinn, a Marxist historian.

<a href="http://www.polisci.rutgers.edu/cb-profile/userprofile/whfield">Dr. William Field</a>, a professor at Rutgers University, sent out an email to all political science majors and minors to protest against Condoleeza Rice serving as their commencement speaker. He was also said to have congratulated one of the lead organizers of the protest who had damaged university property.

<a href="https://law.rutgers.edu/directory/view/mbk69" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Margo Kaplan</a> is a Professor of Law at <a href="https://law.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rutgers University Law School</a> in Camden, New Jersey. According to her university biography, she teaches courses on “Criminal Law, Health Law and Policy, and Sex Crimes” and explores the “legal limitations on intimate decisions.”

Dr. Kaplan has spent her academic career attempting to normalize pedophilia. In a paper for the <a href="https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr/vol72/iss1/4/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington and Lee Law Review</a>, she advocates for the reclassification of pedophilia as a mental disorder so that pedophiles may be awarded more civil rights:

“...we should not categorically deny pedophilia the civil rights protections afforded to other mental disorders without a convincing normative justification supported by cogent scientific evidence. Strengthening civil rights protections for those with pedophilia also increases access to treatment and support that helps prevent child abuse.”

In a similar piece for the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Times</a>—titled, "Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime,"—Dr. Kaplan attempts a sickening effort to lure readers into sympathizing with pedophiles by characterizing pedophiles as adolescents with harmless, childhood crushes.

“THINK back to your first childhood crush. Maybe it was a classmate or a friend next door. Most likely, through school and into adulthood, your affections continued to focus on others in your approximate age group. But imagine if they did not. By some estimates, 1 percent of the male population continues, long after puberty, to find themselves attracted to prepubescent children. These people are living with pedophilia, a sexual attraction to prepubescents that often constitutes a mental illness. Unfortunately, our laws are failing them and, consequently, ignoring opportunities to prevent child abuse.”

Her intellectual sleight of hand is prevalent in both pieces. Kaplan blames the abuse of children partially on what she views as the severity in which society treats pedophilia, resulting in pedophiles abstaining from seeking treatment.

When later interviewed by <a href="https://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/10/06/pedophilia-not-a-crime-rutgers-margo-kaplan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Magazine</a>, Dr. Kapland claimed to be “shocked” at the amount of support she had received, accusing critics she did have of not even reading her article.

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Updated - December 7th, 2021

<a href="https://history.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/details/1143-bray-mark">Mark Bray</a> is a part-time lecturer in the Department of History at Rutgers University.

Bray first gained notoriety in 2017 when he <a href="https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/antifa/">authored</a> "The Anti-Fascist Handbook," and offered to <a href="https://campusreform.org/?id=14972">donate</a> half of the proceeds to ANTIFA.

Bray fully endorses ANTIFA’s embrace of violence as a tactic, and often describes it as “self-defense”. He has <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9616">stated</a> that in order to “preemptively” shut down far-right events and gatherings,  “physical violence against white supremacists is both ethically justifiable and strategically effective.”

Soon after publication, he appeared on NBC to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/antifa-violence-ethical-author-explains-why-n796106">defend</a> the use of force against opposing protestors. He claimed that as an illiberal organization, ANTIFA has and will continue to shut down the free speech of the far right.

Bray recently penned an op-ed in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/01/trump-antifa-terrorist-organization/">Washington Post</a> in the midst of mass-rioting following the death of George Floyd. After expressing sympathy with the looters, Bray claims that police officers are, in fact, deadlier than ANTIFA.  He wrote, “...and in the United States, ANTIFA have never killed anyone, unlike their enemies in Klan hoods and squad cars.” 

After his views were <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/dartmouth-president-disavows-professor-justified-antifa-violence-self-defense">condemned</a> by Dartmouth University - his employer at the time - Bray soon began lecturing at Rutgers, where his university biography describes him as a “historian of human rights, terrorism, and politics in Modern Europe.”

<a href="https://asianlanguages.rutgers.edu/menu-i/69-richard-vanness-simmons">Richard VanNess Simmons</a> is a professor of Chinese and East Asian Studies and serves as the <a href="https://www.ciru.rutgers.edu/about-us/people-2">Director of the Confucius Institute</a> at Rutgers University. The Confucius Institute is funded by the Chinese Communist Party and serves as a focal point for the dissemination of propaganda and foreign espionage on American campuses.

<a href="https://africanastudies.rutgers.edu/people/core-faculty/people-list/30-faculty/140-brittney-cooper">Brittney Cooper</a> is an associate professor of Africana and Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Much of her research and writing centers around the intersections of race, feminism, and gender. Cooper’s work has led her to develop a number of bizarre opinions:
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">While Cooper claims that most American Christians worship a God of “white supremacy and patriarchy,” she chooses to<a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/04/01/the_rights_made_up_god_how_bigots_invented_a_white_supremacist_jesus/"> worship a Jesus that was “queer”</a> and “married to a prostitute."</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">White families, like Mitt Romney’s,<a href="https://www.salon.com/2014/01/07/white_supremacy_wins_again_melissa_harris_perry_and_the_racial_false_equivalence/"> can’t properly raise black children</a>.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Linear time is a product of a Euro-centric world, or in short,<a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-professor-even-the-concept-of-time-is-racist/"> our concept of time is racist.</a></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">A founding principle of our nation is that black people are inhuman, therefore<a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/04/29/black_americas_baltimore_schism_why_the_freddie_gray_tragedy_demands_serious_soul_searching/"> riots are really just resistance</a> against an unjust system.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">BREXIT was the result of<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=7760"> white nationalism.</a></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">And obesity in the black community is<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=13866"> caused by racism</a>.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Cooper has publicly attacked conservatives on multiple occasions, most recently during a Livestream commentary on the DNC. Before launching into a tirade accusing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for “demolishing the civil rights movement,”</li>
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Cooper explained<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=15668"> why American exceptionalism is a myth;</a>
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Cooper has attributed most of the deaths from the pandemic to racism and conservatives, stating that, “I feel like most Black people are clear that this utterly absurd push to re-open the country is all about a gross necropolitical calculation that it is Black people who are dying disproportionately from COVID,” and <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-university-prof-reopening-the-country-is-about-killing-black-people/">blaming Trump supporters for the hundreds of thousands of deaths</a> due to the coronavirus.

Cooper has previously stated that a conservative’s beliefs are “rooted in racism.” In an appearance on MSNBC, <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/duncan-schroeder/2020/08/30/deranged-msnbc-pundit-goes-hateful-rant-against-trump-voters">Cooper stated that conservatives have a desire for power</a> at the expense of black and brown Americans.

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Cooper has denigrated conservatives throughout her career along racial lines. <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?444245-2/eloquent-rage&amp;playEvent">During a speech in Baltimore</a>, she stated that as white men lose their power, they will continue to “terrorize” black men and women. In a previous thread, she stated that the black community is being eaten alive by “capitalism, patriarchy, and racism,” and white people won’t feel any negative consequences of these systems so long as they can continue to displace white people through systems like gentrification.

For more information, check out Charlie Kirk's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvLFFfKIE8c&amp;ab_channel=CharlieKirk">segment</a> on Brittney Cooper on The Charlie Kirk Show below.

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Updated - June 2021

Ms. <a href="https://crimjust.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-directory/details/30-faculty/faculty/620-erakat-noura">Noura Erakat</a> is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University. According to her university profile, Professor Erakat specializes in fields that include international law, humanitarian law, human rights law, national security law, refugee law, and critical race theory. A harsh critic of the state of Israel, the professor has repeatedly demonized and called for the destruction of the only Jewish state in the world.

Professor Erakat’s work frequently characterizes Israel as a racist state that is equivalent to the apartheid-era South African government. In a November 2019 interview with DemocracyNow, she stated, ”<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/19/noura_erakat_israeli_settlements_trump_announcement">we are witnessing the entrenchment of an apartheid regime</a>, and the U.S. [is] at the helm of that process.”

Professor Erakat repeats this false claim to justify her support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In a November 2020 video panel discussion with the Middle East Institute, Professor Erakat calls on the world <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S7ZkKMFUuU&amp;t=3956s">to resist and alienate Israel via adherence to a BDS platform</a>.

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BDS—short for Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions—supporters embrace the following three tenets as a feature of the campaign:

- Boycotting all goods that originate from the state of Israel;

- Divesting all funds (private or public) that are allocated to Israel; and

- Placing sanctions exclusively on Israel.

Mr. Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the BDS movement, admits that the ultimate outcome of these steps is the <a href="https://twitter.com/StandWithUs/status/1267561561565958144">dismantlement of the state of Israel</a>.
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WATCH: The video BDS doesn't want you to see!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BDS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BDS</a> co-founder Omar Barghouti admits that their goal means the end of Israel. <a href="https://t.co/wulUA5hqdE">pic.twitter.com/wulUA5hqdE</a>
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Professor Erakat likewise calls for Israel to be destroyed and replaced by an Arab-majority Palestinian state. As reported by The Spectator in July 2019, Ms. Erakat spoke at an event in Washington, DC, where she <a href="https://spectator.org/noura-erakat-recounts-her-anxiety-over-israels-existence/">advocated for Arabs to “help indigenize” Jews in Israel </a>in order to achieve a sole Palestinian state or a “one-state solution.”

Professor Erakat is far more brazen in calling for the outright destruction of Israel when speaking at anti-Israel protests around the country. During one march in May 2021—captured by News2Share—she called for the <a href="https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1393739882825195521/">liberation of Palestine, “from the river to the sea.</a>”

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According to the Israeli newspaper Arutz Sheva, the chant, “from the river to the sea,” was <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291203">popularized by terrorist groups such as the Palestinian Liberation Organization</a> (PLO). The phrase alludes to the destruction of Israel—and thus the genocide of the nation’s Jews—between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1948/08/02/archives/aim-to-oust-jews-pledged-by-sheikh-head-of-moslem-brotherhood-says.html">The chant is thought to originate from the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan el-Banna</a>, who was qouted by The New York Times stating, "If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea."

Even though Professor Erakat can be heard calling for the “denuclearization of Israel” in the same speech, she had in 2013 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I20HOx5zfv0&amp;ab_channel=JFhsfohhMN">condemned efforts to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program as “racist</a>.”

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She further <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMzhsZtBfgg/?igshid=5p918cganhq1">defended this position</a> in a video uploaded to her Instagram in March of 2021, arguing there is no contradiction in opposing sanctions for Iran while supporting sanctions on Israel.

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During a separate march in May of 2021,  Ms. Erakat can be heard chanting “By spirit and by blood, we redeem you, Palestine!” in front of the Israeli Embassy.

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In April of 2020, Noura Erakat’s cousin, Mr. Ahmed Erakat, was killed after <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/06/29/palestinian-rams-a-checkpoint-death-lies-and-videotape/">ramming his car into an Israeli checkpoint during a failed terrorist attack</a>. Despite the publication of footage verifying the incident and a pipe bomb later being found in the van by investigators, Ms. Erakat continues to claim that he was murdered by Israeli forces.
Students and Parents may contact the <a href="https://sas.rutgers.edu/">School of Arts and Sciences</a> at (848) 932-7896 or email the School at <a href="mailto:info@sas.rutgers.edu">info@sas.rutgers.edu</a>. 
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Dr. James Livingston is <a href="https://history.rutgers.edu/faculty-directory/172-livingston-james" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a tenured Professor of History</a> at Rutgers University. His specialty is listed as Modern US: Intellectual and Economic History. He considers himself an “economic historian” and professionally writes many publications about politics, economics, and working in the United States.

In his personal time, Dr. Livingston often takes to Facebook to discuss similar topics, but in a less professional manner. <a href="https://pen.org/press-clip/white-professor-accused-of-antiwhite-racism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a Facebook post from May 31, 2018</a>, Dr. Livingston denounces the white race and belligerently asserts he “hates white people.” Later in the post, he calls white Americans “little caucasian assholes who know their parents will approve of anything they do” and “little shitheads.”

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When Facebook flagged the post and took it down, rather than apologize for his racist rant, he posted the following:

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Shortly after his anti-white tirade, Rutgers launched an investigation into his posts. The university stated that they received several anonymous complaints about the posts, calling them to take action against the Professor. Dr. Livingston claimed he was making a statement about gentrification and told university officials that white supremacists were sending him threatening messages.

The investigation was headed by Carolyn Dellatore, the associate director of the Office of Employment Equity. <a href="https://www.thefire.org/rutgers-investigation-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Her investigation found that</a> “given Professor Livingston’s insistence on making disparaging racial comments, a reasonable student may have concerns that he or she would be stigmatized in his classes because of his or her race. As such, Professor Livingston’s comments have violated university policy.” He argued, however, that his posts were not racist because white people cannot be discriminated against. He also argued that the first amendment gave him the right to freedom of speech.

The university initially decided to sanction Dr. Livingston, but they <a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2018/11/15/no-punishment-rutgers-university-professor-over-white-people-comments-facebook/2016377002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ultimately reversed their decision</a> in November 2018, clearing him of all charges. Dr. Livingston is still teaching at Rutgers University today.

<a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/kumanyika-chenjerai">Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika</a> is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. Dr. Kumanyika traveled to Ferguson, MO multiple times to protest the non-indictment of the white police officer who shot Michael Brown. He was also a signatory on a letter supporting the demands from the Coalition of Concerned Students who believe in prosecuting what they call “predatory behaviors and defamatory speech,” even from social media sources. The letter also calls for building a new multi-cultural center, more support for “underrepresented groups,” increasing the number of minority faculty members, and for Clemson employees to go through diversity training. Chenjerai also orchestrated a campaign against a student senate candidate and accused a candidate of racism for posing with a gun and American flag for his campaign poster.

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<a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/faculty/ahl568" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amy Liu</a> is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Co-Director of the <a href="http://pre-lab.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab</a> (PRE) at the University of Texas &#8211; Austin. A variety of courses are taught with the PRE curriculum. For instance, Liu co-teaches “<a href="http://pre-lab.org/courses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comparative Race and Ethnic Politics</a>.” The course is based on four topics, such as: “Concept and Measurement” “Political Behavior” “Political Institutions” and “Group Interactions and Intersectionality.”
Additionally, PRE offers several workshops for students; one is titled: <a href="http://pre-lab.org/minority-representation-and-majority-grievances-radical-right-wing-support/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minority Representation and Majority Grievances: Explaining Radical Right-Wing Support</a>. “What motivates electoral support for radical right-wing parties (RRP)? Existing literature argues that people vote for RRPs when majority groups are aggrieved by minority groups.”
Liu’s interests include ethnic, language, and migration politics. Her <a href="http://www.amyhliu.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> and <a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/faculty/ahl568" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university profile</a> display a variety of courses she teaches, such as
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">GOV 324J • Govs/Polit Of Eastern Europe. Part of the course description states: “we will examine how these institutional differences affected subsequent democratic transitions and government policies toward minorities. We will conclude by looking at how the European Union has redrawn Eastern Europe by opening up borders and the implications of these opened borders, namely the rise of right wing nationalism.”</li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Comparative Race &amp; Ethnic Politics (Fall 2021). Part of the course description states: “The objective of this course is fourfold. The first is to acquaint students with the theoretical literatures on race and ethnic politics. The second is to familiarize students with the process of dataset construction. The third is to train students to carry out various types of writing assignments that political scientists – or social scientists more broadly – are frequently required to perform. And the fourth is to enable students to move towards a working paper – if not a dissertation project.”</li>
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The tweet below shows Liu’s thoughts on non-binary pronouns:
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The politics of language evolution is like the academic equivalent of opening🎄🎁 !!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/languagesarefun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#languagesarefun</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wannabelinguist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wannabelinguist</a> Q: How does one pronounce iel? Looking at you &#8211; especially ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireAdida?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ClaireAdida</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/MikeMikeMed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeMikeMed</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/kWQAHVpGwP">https://t.co/kWQAHVpGwP</a>
— Amy H. Liu (@dramyhliu) <a href="https://twitter.com/dramyhliu/status/1461375990836379656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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University of Texas - Austin

Dr. Vincent was Vice-President for Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas-Austin. On two separate occasions, he condemned an affirmative action bake sale as "demeaning" and "deplorable". Leaving to assume the role of President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, he later <a href="https://www.jbhe.com/2018/04/gregory-vincent-resigns-as-president-of-hobart-and-william-smith-colleges/">resigned</a> after allegations arose that he plagiarized his doctoral dissertation.

<a href="https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/jennifer_adair">Dr. Jennifer Adair</a> is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Adair proposed indoctrinating children as young as kindergarten in racial issues, in order to ‘prevent another Ferguson.' One proposed project involved having the students make protest signs about racial injustice or other art projects about school integration or bus boycotts. Adair and the other professors working with her drew heavily from the philosophy of radical historian Howard Zinn in their effort.

<a href="http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/profile.php?id=jn324">Dr. Joan Neuberger</a>, a professor at University of Texas-Austin led anti-campus carry efforts, including a petition to bar students who conceal carry from entering classrooms, in violation of Texas law. A change.org petition organized by the same group said, “WE OPPOSE GUNS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AS A DIRECT ASSAULT ON OUR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS.” Despite her proclamations about the dangers of guns, Neuberger is not actually a statistician or criminal justice professor, but a Russian history professor.

<a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/rs/faculty/profile.php?id=jt27">Dr. John Traphagan</a> is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas, Austin. A Campus Reform article states, "In a column for the Dallas Morning News, University of Texas at Austin professor John Traphagan said Americans are 'unable to handle' gun ownership. According to Traphagan, the U.S. should curtail or eliminate the ability to purchase guns and 'prohibit many forms of gun ownership.'"

<a href="http://journalism.utexas.edu/faculty/robert-jensen">Dr. Robert Jensen</a> is a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas, Austin. In an essay on a social justice website, Jensen argued that rape is part of the larger violent, patriarchy. He told Campus Reform that, “I don’t believe there will be any serious progress toward eliminating men’s violence against women if we do not address the toxic notions about masculinity in patriarchy—masculinity understood as rooted in control, conquest, aggression.” Jensen also attacked a major anti-sexual assault group for blaming the perpetrators for rape, instead of focusing on the patriarchal culture as the main cause.

<a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/english/faculty/sas347">Snehal Shingavi</a> is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas, Austin.

While teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, Shingavi co-founded the anti-Israel group <a href="https://canarymission.org/organization/sjp">Students for Justice in Palestine</a> (SJP) with Professor Hatem Bazian.  SJP is known for its vitriolic campaigns and aggressively confronting Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus. They are also known for their active role in Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on university campuses.

Snehal first generated controversy at UC Berkeley in 2002 for his <a href="https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/7789/hardball-interview-with-snehal-shingavi">course</a>, "The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian Resistance." The course description alleged that Israel has “systematically displaced, killed and maimed millions of Palestinian people.”

The course also all, but outright barred conservative students from attending: “This class takes as its starting point the right of Palestinians to fight for their own self-determination. Conservative thinkers are encouraged to seek other sections.”

Now teaching at UT Austin, <a href="https://canarymission.org/professor/Snehal_Shingavi">Shehal</a> is a regular at protests and events committed to demonizing Israel. During a 2014 lecture, he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAGtcdPL244&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=13m15s">likened</a> Israel to Nazi Germany, claiming, “This is not me being hyperbolic…..Gaza is the biggest open air concentration camp in the world today and the condition of life in Gaza is not dissimilar to life in Auschwitz and Dachau.”

Thomas K. Hubbard was the James R. Dougherty Jr. Centennial Professor of Classics, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190905194331/https://minio.la.utexas.edu/colaweb-prod/person_files/0/354/thomas_k_hubbard_curriculum_vitae.pdf">who taught at the University of Texas-Austin from 1988 t0 2021</a>. Hubbard’s body of research included ancient pederasty – adult male sexual relations with underage boys  – which Hubbard calls the “<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/12/17/ut-students-protest-professors-house-over-his-writings-on-sexual-relations-between-men-and-boys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">romantic courtship</a>” of teenage boys by older men.

Writing in the peer-reviewed Thymos Journal of Boyhood Studies, Hubbard detailed this position in an article titled, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276216200_Sexual_Consent_and_the_Adolescent_Male_or_What_Can_We_Learn_from_the_Greeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sexual Consent and the Adolescent Male, or What Can We Learn From the Greeks</a>. Hubbard <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2019/12/18/a-ut-professor-advocates-pedophilia-why-are-we-paying-for-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> that there are great benefits to relationships between older men and teenage boys by appealing to the portrayal of these relationships in Greek artworks and myths.

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Hubbard also <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2019/12/18/a-ut-professor-advocates-pedophilia-why-are-we-paying-for-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a> that sexual relationships between teenage boys and adult men can replace the lack of intimacy that a boy might experience if the young man has an absent father.

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Hubbard utilizes his research on pederasty to buoy his advocacy for lowering the federal legal age for sexual consent. Hubbard also <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/12/17/ut-students-protest-professors-house-over-his-writings-on-sexual-relations-between-men-and-boys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decries age-of-consent laws</a>, calling them a “sad by-product” of the Victorian era that prevented sexual liberation.

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Hubbard made the distinction, in a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200216112913if_/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wGGrODNSdwudrF1G4uerU2DsRxcSx3DR1Nbn6JOd7ho/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now-deleted google document</a>, that he was speaking on behalf of pederasty and not pedophilia. He continues in the Doc by extolling several nations for having age-of-consent laws that were lower than the United States.

Hubbard’s work has been distributed and used by <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/12/17/ut-students-protest-professors-house-over-his-writings-on-sexual-relations-between-men-and-boys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">groups like the North American Man/Boy Love Association</a> (NAMBLA), which advocates for the abolishment of age-of-consent laws between children and adults.

The University of Texas-Austin’s administration reaffirmed Hibbard’s right to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/students-want-thomas-hubbard-fired-for-work-on-pederasty-but-university-of-texas-says-its-protected-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“explore controversial and offensive ideas</a>.” As of December 2020, <a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/news/education/2020/07/23/ut-professor-accused-of-promoting-pedophilia-sues-student-for-libel/42515639/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hubbard is suing a student and 10 others for libel</a> after they distributed flyers labeling him a pedophile.
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A university spokeswoman has informed the Professor Watchlist team that Thomas Hubbard is no longer employed at the University of Texas. As stated in their response, Dr. Hubbard announced his retirement in July of 2021 and is no longer associated with the University in any capacity.

Despite their written statement, <a href="https://cola.utexas.edu/european_studies/people/faculty/thubbard">Dr. Hubbard was still listed on the university website</a> as a professor in the Center for European Studies at the time of the university's letter

In a follow-up conversation with the university spokeswomen, Dr. Hubbard's profile was removed from the European Studies page and he is no longer listed as a faculty member with the University as of December 15th, 2021.

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John O. Brennan is a <a href="https://intelligencestudies.utexas.edu/about/leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Distinguished Scholar</a> and <a href="https://www.strausscenter.org/person/john-o-brennan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senior Advisor to the Intelligence Studies Project</a> at the <a href="https://www.utexas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Texas-Austin</a>. Brennan also serves as a <a href="https://www.centeronnationalsecurity.org/fellows#john-o-brennan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Distinguished Fellow for Global Security</a> for the Center on National Security at <a href="https://www.fordham.edu/site/index.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fordham University</a>.

Prior to both roles, Brennan served as the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Brennan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Director of The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) </a>from 2013 to 2017. His service and post-CIA career have been marred with controversies, including allegations of spying on political opponents, overseas clandestine operations, and incendiary comments towards conservatives and libertarians.

In 2014, the CIA was <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/03/11/289085076/feinsteins-cia-outrage-splits-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused by California Senator Dianne Feinstein of illegally accessing the computers of Senate staffers</a> investigating the use of “enhanced interrogation” against detainees. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/03/brennan-denies-claims-cia-hacked-senate-computers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brennan initially denied the allegations</a>, stating that, “Nothing could be further from the truth.” Brennan was later forced to apologize when an Inspector General report found that <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/technology/213933-cia-admits-to-wrongly-hacking-into-senate-computers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate computers were in fact “hacked” by CIA officials</a>.

Brennan has been accused of arming radical Islamists during the Syrian Civil War. As The American Conservative documents, <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-america-armed-terrorists-in-syria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The CIA—under Brennan's direction—played a significant role in supplying deadly weapons to al-Qaeda affiliates</a> in an attempt to topple the Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad.

In his final years as CIA director, Brennan played a prominent role in what later became known as “Russiagate.” During the 2016 general election, intelligence agencies attempted to determine whether or not then-presidential candidate Donald Trump coordinated with the Russian Government to <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/288883-wikileaks-posts-20000-dnc-emails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hack and release sensitive emails from the Democratic National Committee</a>. Special Counsel Robert Mueller later found that there was <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/mueller-report-found-no-evidence-of-trump-russia-collusion-justice-dept/a-48046468" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no evidence of any coordination between the Trump Campaign and the Russian Government</a>.

While investigating Trump, John Brennan relied on allegations in what became known as the “Steele Dossier”— <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/08/23/545289362/researcher-behind-unverified-trump-dossier-meets-senate-investigators" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a series of salacious allegations and potentially compromising information against Donald Trump</a> — compiled by British Intelligence agent Christopher Steele. The <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/steeles-dossier-source-was-a-suspected-russian-spy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">source for the dossier was later found to be a suspected Russian Spy,</a> who likely <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/453384-fbis-spreadsheet-puts-a-stake-through-the-heart-of-steeles-dossier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exaggerated or falsified his information</a>.

Despite <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/442944-fbis-steele-story-falls-apart-false-intel-and-media-contacts-were-flagged" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agents flagging the information as false</a>, the Steele Dossier was later used as the basis to <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2019/12/09/ig-report-confirms-no-fisa-warrant-on-carter-page-without-steele-dossier/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtain warrants to surveil members of the Trump campaign</a>. Initially pushing to include the information, <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2019/12/09/brennan-lied-about-not-including-steele-dossier-in-intelligence-community-assessment-on-2016-russian-election-interference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brennan later lied under congressional oath, stating he did not include the Steele Dossier in intelligence briefings</a>.

Declassified, handwritten notes from Brennan further show that he assisted in <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/dni-releases-cia-documents-hillary-204337457.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">efforts to tie the Trump campaign to Russia</a> to benefit the Hillary Clinton campaign. This is consistent with testimony accusing <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/05/12/fox-news-john-brennan-russia-hillary-clinton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brennan of suppressing intelligence that the Russian Government wanted Hillary Clinton to win</a> the 2016 presidential election.

Brennan continued to publically attack President Trump after the 2016 election, accusing <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/08/19/brennan_on_sunday_i_stand_by_accusing_president_trump_of_treason.html#!" target="_blank" rel="noopener">him of “treason” against the United States on behalf of Russia</a>. Brennan <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/05/25/ex-cia-director-john-brennan-ive-seen-no-evidence-collusion-russia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admits that he has seen no evidence that Donald Trump colluded</a> with the Russian government to win the 2016 election.

Following the Capital Hill riots, John Brennan <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1352007118392582148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1352007118392582148%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwearechange.org%2Feven-libertarians-john-brennan-issues-list-of-ideologies-biden-intel-community-should-go-after%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has described libertarians as terrorists and white supremacists</a>.

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On his personal Twitter account, Brennan demands that conservatives need to publically recant their support of Donald Trump and admit that it was wrong to support the President of the United States.
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Anyone now seeking national redemption by claiming to no longer support Trump must acknowledge how wrong it was to ignore &amp; enable his corrupt, dishonest, &amp; divisive agenda.
Total denunciation of a despot’s legacy is necessary to eradicate any remaining malignancy.

— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan/status/1348051973174652928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In an interview with MSNBC, Brennan <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/fmr-cia-dir-brennan-republicans-will-continue-to-gaslight-the-country-101798469719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> that many conservatives make him “embarrassed to be a white man.”

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Brennan has admitted in the past that he voted for the Communist Party in past elections. According to CNN, Brennan <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recounts</a> that he admitted to voting for the Communist Party Candidate, Gus Hall, in the 1976 general election. Brennan is reported <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stating</a> that voting for Hall was his way of “signaling his unhappiness of the system.”

As The Spectator <a href="https://spectator.org/john-brennans-president-remembering-comrade-gus-hall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents</a>, Gus Hall was a four-time presidential candidate and leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Throughout his career, Hall defended atrocities committed by the Soviet Union while secretly receiving tens of millions of dollars from the Kremlin.

The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas for comment but has not received a response by the time of publication.

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Parents and Students may contact the <a href="https://www.utexas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Texas-Austin</a> at (512) 471-3434
Updated - August 26, 2021

Dr. Kevin Cokley is the <a href="https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/kevin_cokley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology</a> as well as a Professor of African American Diaspora Studies and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas - Austin. He is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and is published in many outlets, including Journal of Black Psychology, The Huffington Post, and The Hill. Dr. Cokley has taught many courses, some of which are Psychology of African American Experience and Multicultural Counseling.

Dr. Cokley is very openly pro-critical race theory. <a href="https://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/2021/07/15/viewpoint-teaching-critical-race-theory-patriotic-not-anti-american/7982099002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In an opinion piece for Courier &amp; Press</a>, Dr. Cokley claims that critical race theory is actually patriotic. He accuses conservatives of pushing a false narrative about critical race theory by claiming it’s “divisive, hostile, and anti-American… and teaches kids to hate each other” which is a “politicized misrepresentation.”

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Later in the article, Dr. Cokley makes the claim that the first line of the U.S. Constitution, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…” suggests that even our founders believed America is a work-in progress. According to him, critical race theory reminds us that this is still very true.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1842" src="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-19-at-9.25.31-AM.png" alt="" width="494" height="177" />

Dr. Cokley <a href="https://redstate.com/alexparker/2021/07/09/usa-today-runs-pro-critical-race-theory-piece-professor-says-crts-not-divisive-or-anti-american-n408847" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defines critical race theory</a> as an idea “which posits that racism is not simply acts of individual bias or prejudice, but rather is embedded in institutions, policies and legal systems.” While he states he has never explicitly taught critical race theory, he does teach ideas consistent with critical race theory by providing students with examples of how Black inferiority and racism are deeply woven into modern school practices. He asserts that conservatives who are against critical race theory are wanting to prevent any type of discussion around racism or putting America in a negative light. Dr. Cokley argues that there is nothing anti-American about acknowledging the fact that racism is woven into the fabric of the United States.

In June of 2021, Dr. Cokley appeared on a <a href="https://www.fox7austin.com/video/690219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">segment for Fox 7 News Austin</a> discussing racial injustices. The video shows violent riots after the death of George Floyd while Dr. Cokley justifies this behavior because of racial injustice in America. The clip can be viewed <a href="https://www.fox7austin.com/video/690219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

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Parents and Students can contact the University of Texas at Austin at (512) 471-3434.

<a href="\&quot;https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/emma_gargroetzi\&quot;" target="_blank" rel="\&quot;noopener\&quot;">Emma Gargroetzi</a> is an Assistant Professor of STEM Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. Gargroetzi’s research focuses on identity, power, and educational justice in the mathematical lives of children and youth. Gargroetzi received her Ph.D. from Stanford University with a dual focus on race, inequality, and language in education and in mathematics education.

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Gargroetzi has many <a href="\&quot;https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/cv/Gargroetzi_UT_Profile_CV_2022.08_.01_.pdf\&quot;" target="_blank" rel="\&quot;noopener\&quot;">publications</a> such as:
“Exploring equitable pay for work. Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice in Grades 3-5…”
“Ethics and identity research in the field of mathematics education: Reflections. In Making visible the invisible: The promise and challenges of identity research in mathematics education…”
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She also co-authored an article: <a href="\&quot;https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=23740\&quot;" target="_blank" rel="\&quot;noopener\&quot;">“I Have Gotten Braver”: Growing and Sustaining Critical Mathematics Pedagogies Through a Teacher Community of Praxis</a>. A few statements from the publication are attached below:

“Rather than asserting one shared definition of critical mathematics pedagogy, we read widely and discuss a range of theory and approaches… Readings have focused on critical pedagogy, culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining pedagogies, math for social justice, racial justice, gender equity, the involvement of families and communities in classrooms, and questions of equity in mathematics more broadly.”

“Concerns about mathematics education quality in the United States tend to be oriented toward access to participation and success in a fast-paced, rapidly technologizing capitalist economy (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2014).”

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Published — September 29, 2022

<a href="https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/anthony_brown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Brown</a> is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas - Austin. Professor Brown’s research focuses on “historical and contemporary issues and discourses concerning African American students in schools and society.” Brown is a director of the <a href="https://teachingtxslavery.education.utexas.edu/#/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teaching Texas Slavery Project</a> which “seeks to help teachers rethink the teaching of slavery and race within the context of the K-12 Texas history curriculum… The overall goal is to transform the teaching of slavery and race across the K-12 social studies curriculum.”

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Professor Brown has authored many publications, such as: 

<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279741744_The_Illusion_of_Inclusion_A_Critical_Race_Theory_Textual_Analysis_of_Race_and_Standards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Illusion of Inclusion: A Critical Race Theory Textual Analysis of Race and Standards</a>. Harvard Educational Review, 82(3), 403–424: “In the case of this study, the subjective constructs of race are the ways in which issues of race and racism are rendered in the Texas standards… Racism plays out in schools through the context of unequal and oppressive social relationships among different racial groups (Omi &amp; Winant, 1994). For example, CRT scholars (e.g., Lopez, 2003) suggest that racially neutral macro-level educational laws and policies may dis-guise the salience and impact of racism in schools.” (407). “This is of particular concern because, as scholars note, White, middle-class teachers—who make up the majority of practicing and preparing teachers in the United States (Sleeter, 2008)—often resist addressing the topic of race and racism, a phenomenon related to their privileged and racially isolated social location (Brown &amp; Brown, 2010a; Epstein, 2009).” (420).</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680939.2010.533289" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Economies of Racism: Grounding Education Policy Research in the Complex Dialectic of Race, Class, and Capital</a>. Journal of Educational Policy, 26(5), 595–619: “The authors maintain that in recent years educational theory and critical policy discourse have unintentionally become splintered in such a way that race and class theories are employed separately, without much analysis of the concomitant ways race and racism are both embedded in and productive of the material processes of production and exploitation that characterize capitalism... The authors propose the framework of economies of racism to make sense of the complex unity that brings white supremacy and capitalist accumulation together in a single dialectic.”</li>
</ul>
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Published — October 7, 2022

<a href="https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/noah_de_lissovoy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noah De Lissovoy</a> is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas - Austin.

Professor De Lissovoy's research focuses on critical and emancipatory approaches to pedagogy, curriculum, and cultural studies. His interests are based on problems posed to educators by globalization and the intersecting effects of race, class, and capital in schools and society. Additionally, developing the theoretical resources for social movements and extending and rethinking the traditions of critical pedagogy and philosophy. 

According to <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2016/10/12/q-noah-de-lissovoy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Texas Tribune</a>, De Lissovoy participated in a Q&amp;A regarding his book: <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137375315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Education and Emancipation in the Neoliberal Era</a>. This book “describes how neoliberalism as societal philosophy works to limit human potential in our school systems. Analyzing contemporary school reform and control, punishment, and pathologization in schools, this book outlines a theory of emancipation and a process by which pedagogy can build solidarity in classrooms and society more broadly.” 

“How does neo-liberalism limit potentials in schools?” 

De Lissovoy states: “It frames learning as an individual process, rather than a social and democratic process. In neo-liberalism, students are trained to understand themselves as in competition, always, with those around them and that their job is to advance themselves and to develop their own human capital and stock of skills against everyone else... It also limits potential because it reduces our collective understanding of what it means to teach and learn to those kinds of activities and understandings that can’t be measured by multiple-choice tests and standardized tests…”

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Professor De Lissovoy has authored many books, such as: 

<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/capitalism-pedagogy-and-the-politics-of-being-9781350157453/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Capitalism, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Being</a>: This book “investigates the relationship between capitalism and coloniality in society and education and reconceptualizes emancipatory theory and pedagogy in response. De Lissovoy exposes a logic of violation at the heart of capitalist accumulation and argues that we need to attend to ontological and epistemological orders of domination within which subjectivity takes shape. Systematically bridging the theoretical traditions of Marxism, Latin American decolonial thought, and critical pedagogy, De Lissovoy shows how a new critical imaginary can reorder curriculum in schools…”</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230612976" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Power, Crisis, and Education for Liberation</a>: This book describes how “Progressive educational approaches are currently in crisis in the face of globalization and conservative retrenchment. This book proposes a new framework for critical pedagogy that develops strategies for responding to the proceduralization of schooling and public life in general.” </li>
</ul>
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<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Toward-a-New-Common-School-Movement/Lissovoy-Means-Saltman/p/book/9781612054414" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toward a New Common School Movement</a> (Co-author): This book is a “bold and urgent call to action. The authors argue that corporate school reform in the United States represents a failed project subverted by profiteering, corruption, and educational inequalities.” </li>
</ul>
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Additionally, his work has been published in many journals and edited collections, including Harvard Educational Review, Curriculum Inquiry, Race Ethnicity and Education, Journal of Education Policy, and Educational Philosophy and Theory. 

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Published — October 5, 2022

<a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/faculty/elm377" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric McDaniel</a> is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government, and Co-Director of the <a href="http://pre-lab.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab</a> (PRE) at the University of Texas - Austin. A variety of courses are taught with PRE curriculum. For instance, McDaniel co-teaches “<a href="http://pre-lab.org/courses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comparative Race and Ethnic Politics</a>,” which is based on four topics, such as: “Concept and Measurement,” “Political Behavior,” “Political Institutions,” and “Group Interactions and Intersectionality.”

Additionally, PRE offers several workshops for students. One is titled: “<a href="http://pre-lab.org/minority-representation-and-majority-grievances-radical-right-wing-support/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minority Representation and Majority Grievances: Explaining Radical Right-Wing Support</a>.”

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McDaniel has a variety of publications, such as:
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/everyday-crusade/34A0EF92928EB4E3AC25B014B6DF0FFC#fndtn-information" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics</a> (2022 – w. Allyson Shortle and Irfan Nooruddin). This text “examines the relationship between American religious exceptionalism and prejudicial and antidemocratic attitudes.” </li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.irfannooruddin.org/uploads/3/0/9/6/30962817/mcdanielnooruddinshortle.jrep2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics</a> (McDaniel, Eric, L., Irfan Nooruddin, and Allyson Shortle). “This paper provides the first scholarly analysis of changing dynamics in national attachment and their impact on conceptions of American identity. Our findings not only expand upon the research on White Anglo national identity attitudes, but also extend to the broader race and politics literature by illustrating the continued conflict when White Anglos repeatedly resist inclusion of racial and ethnic minorities within their historically segregated civic spaces (Bobo and Hutchings 1996; Browning, Marshall, and Tabb 1984; Kinder and Sears 1981; Nelson 1972; Sidanius and Pratto 1999).”</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1532673X10371300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Divine Boundaries: How Religion Shapes Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Immigrants</a> (McDaniel, Eric L., Irfan Nooruddin, and Allyson Shortle). This text “argue[s] that religion affects immigration attitudes via a distinct religiously informed interpretation of America’s national identity, which we call Christian nationalism. Christian nationalists believe that America has a divinely inspired mission and link its success to God’s favor.”</li>
</ul>
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In an article titled “Talk of ‘Christian nationalism’ is getting a lot louder – but what does the term really mean?“ featured on <a href="https://theconversation.com/talk-of-christian-nationalism-is-getting-a-lot-louder-but-what-does-the-term-really-mean-192378" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Conversation</a>, McDaniel elaborates on white Christian nationalists. “Christian nationalism is a religious and political belief system that argues the United States was founded by God to be a Christian nation and to complete God’s vision of the world. In this view, America can be governed only by Christians, and the country’s mission is directed by a divine hand.”

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Published — November 17, 2022

<a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/faculty/ahl568" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amy Liu</a> is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Co-Director of the <a href="http://pre-lab.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab</a> (PRE) at the University of Texas - Austin. A variety of courses are taught with the PRE curriculum. For instance, Liu co-teaches “<a href="http://pre-lab.org/courses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comparative Race and Ethnic Politics</a>.” The course is based on four topics, such as: “Concept and Measurement” “Political Behavior” “Political Institutions” and “Group Interactions and Intersectionality.”

Additionally, PRE offers several workshops for students; one is titled: <a href="http://pre-lab.org/minority-representation-and-majority-grievances-radical-right-wing-support/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minority Representation and Majority Grievances: Explaining Radical Right-Wing Support</a>. “What motivates electoral support for radical right-wing parties (RRP)? Existing literature argues that people vote for RRPs when majority groups are aggrieved by minority groups.”

Liu’s interests include ethnic, language, and migration politics. Her <a href="http://www.amyhliu.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> and <a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/faculty/ahl568" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university profile</a> display a variety of courses she teaches, such as
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">GOV 324J • Govs/Polit Of Eastern Europe. Part of the course description states: “we will examine how these institutional differences affected subsequent democratic transitions and government policies toward minorities. We will conclude by looking at how the European Union has redrawn Eastern Europe by opening up borders and the implications of these opened borders, namely the rise of right wing nationalism.”</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Comparative Race &amp; Ethnic Politics (Fall 2021). Part of the course description states: “The objective of this course is fourfold. The first is to acquaint students with the theoretical literatures on race and ethnic politics. The second is to familiarize students with the process of dataset construction. The third is to train students to carry out various types of writing assignments that political scientists – or social scientists more broadly – are frequently required to perform. And the fourth is to enable students to move towards a working paper – if not a dissertation project.”</li>
</ul>
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The tweet below shows Liu’s thoughts on non-binary pronouns:
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The politics of language evolution is like the academic equivalent of opening🎄🎁 !!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/languagesarefun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#languagesarefun</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wannabelinguist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wannabelinguist</a> Q: How does one pronounce iel? Looking at you - especially ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireAdida?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ClaireAdida</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/MikeMikeMed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeMikeMed</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/kWQAHVpGwP">https://t.co/kWQAHVpGwP</a>
— Amy H. Liu (@dramyhliu) <a href="https://twitter.com/dramyhliu/status/1461375990836379656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.csuchico.edu/hist/faculty/biographies/schwaller.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Shawn Schwaller</a> is a History Professor at <a href="https://www.csuchico.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California State-Chico</a>. His notable courses cover topics including Chicanx and Latinx studies, US History, and American Indian studies. Dr. Schwaller has further served on the Ethnic Studies committee at the university and is thus tasked with determining which courses will fulfill California&#8217;s ethnic studies requirement.
Passed in July of 2020, California’s state university systems now <a href="https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2020/Documents/July-21-22-ED-POL-Binder.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">require all enrollees to complete one ethnic studies or social justice course in order to graduate</a>. The requirement will affect all <a href="https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">23 campuses and nearly 500,000 students</a> in the California state university system.
<a href="https://amchainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/90-Groups-to-Gov-Newsom-8.13.20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">90 Jewish and Pro-Israel groups </a>publically opposed the new academic requirements in a letter to Newsom. The letter—addressed to Governor Newsom, accuses the legislation of inciting “hatred and harm against pro-Israel students,” as anti-zionism and BDS is an “intrinsic part of Critical Ethnic Studies.”
A <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/california-ethnic-studies-programs-merchants-of-revolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar bill was passed for California high schools</a> in March of 2021. Students will now be prevented from graduating unless they take courses that include “land acknowledgments” and lessons on <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/california-ethnic-studies-programs-merchants-of-revolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">”decolonizing” students from capitalism, the patriarchy, and settler colonialism.</a>
Dr. Schwaller praises California&#8217;s mandate in an interview with a progressive radio station based in Redding, CA. At the 19-minute mark, he asserts the necessity <a href="http://apps.kcnr1460.com/media//podcasts//_2021-06-26.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for students to learn how our nation was founded on genocide and the constitution enshrined slavery</a>.
Further, in the same interview, Dr. Schwaller additionally details his use of the book, “<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52048467-how-the-south-won-the-civil-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How the South Won the Civil War</a>,” in-class lectures. The author—Heather Cox Richardson—argues that modern conservative icons like Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan embody the “ideology of the confederacy.”
Dr. Schwaller’s commentary is featured across various platforms—most notably as a contributor for the Northern California-based ANewsCafe—<a href="https://anewscafe.com/author/shawn-schwaller/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> to further disparage conservatives as bigoted, violent, and homophobic</a>.
Much of his ire is directed towards political activists and Christians based in Northern California. Beginning in 2021, Dr. Schwaller began work on what will eventually be a 4-part series on the State of Jefferson. In what would become the 51st state, the State of Jefferson is campaigning—primarily supported by conservatives—<a href="https://soj51.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to create a new state from primarily rural states in Northern California and Southern Oregon</a>.
Dr. Schwaller devotes much of his 3-part series to defame campaign operatives and conservatives at-large. In Part 1, he alleges that <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/04/14/redding/in-the-closet-of-jefferson-state-part-one-economic-social-realities-in-californias-pro-trump-successionist-far-north/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump supporters covet a “white, patriarchal” America</a>.
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In Part 2, he cites the tragic murder of two gay men in Redding by a pair of white supremacists in order to implicate that <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/04/28/redding/in-the-closet-of-jefferson-state-part-2-homophobic-and-white-christian-supremacist-hate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservatives and Christians are animated violent and homophobic</a> malice. Continuing, Dr. Schwaller demonizes guns as a “key component” of conservatives’ “toxic masculinity.” He again references the prior incident as proof that gun owners pose a direct threat to the gay community.
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Dr. Schwaller continues to level these pejoratives at Christians, particularly at individuals associated with the Bethel Church in Redding, California. In multiple instances, he even designates Christians as deserving of the violence inflicted upon them by the anarchist group ANTIFA.
As<a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> reported</a> by The Post-Millennial, leaked emails from the Department of Homeland Security show that law enforcement agencies identify ANTIFA as an organization that engages in “organized” rather than sporadic violence. Many<a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> members arm themselves with knives and firearms</a> to violently confront conservatives at events. In the Summer of 2021, <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group">members of ANTIFA brazenly attacked Senator Rand Paul and his wife</a> as they walked through Washington D.C.
In August of 2021, members of a Portland-based ANTIFA group forcefully shut down a Christian prayer rally, assaulting and macing attendees and their children in the process.
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On Saturday in Portland, antifa gathered to violently shut down a Christian group that gathered to pray. Antifa can be seen pulling apart the speaker equipment. An attendee told me children &amp; families were attacked. Police were called but didn’t respond. <a href="https://t.co/QvSCmu06B0">pic.twitter.com/QvSCmu06B0</a>
— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1424170738060300289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Shocking video recorded in Portland show a large group of antifa carrying shields &amp; weapons move in to attack &amp; shut down a family Christian prayer &amp; worship event on the waterfront. Police did not intervene. <a href="https://t.co/8JZuI1LPHo">pic.twitter.com/8JZuI1LPHo</a>
— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1424171542729080838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In his article, Dr. Schwaller not only downplays the violence but seeks to <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/08/12/redding/sean-feuchts-new-brand-of-bethel-church-inspired-radical-militant-christianity-on-display-in-portland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">justify the attack, describing it as a response to “intensely violent rhetoric</a>” 0f a &#8220;white Christian supremacist&#8221; in attendance.
Dr. Schwaller again defends ANTIFA members present at the “Let Us Pray,” event in Washington D.C, <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describing their actions as “protesting” the “far-right, and white and Christian supremacist groups</a>.”
At the same rally, which attracted thousands of attendees and hosted numerous pastors, he <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/09/20/redding/sean-feucht-far-right-christians-descend-on-washington-d-c-for-september-11th-let-us-worship-event/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mocked one speaker&#8217;s suggestion that North Korea persecuted Christians</a>. Responding to a statement by Pastor Che Ahn—a California- based pastor who was a featured speaker—Dr. Schwaller declares that it is a “myth” that North Korea persecutes members of the Christian Church.
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Despite Dr. Schwaller’s denial, North Korea&#8217;s persecution<a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/december/north-korea-persecution-christians-human-rights-report-kfi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> of Christians is well documented</a>. Koreans<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120813102840/http://www.christiantoday.com/article/new.reports.tell.of.executions.torture.of.christians.in.north.korea/4623-2.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> are routinely imprisoned and tortured by the government</a> for practicing their faith. Many have been <a href="https://nypost.com/2009/07/24/north-korea-executes-woman-for-giving-out-bibles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executed merely for passing out copies of the Bible</a>.
The Professor Watchlist team reached out to Dr. Schwaller for comment, but have not received a reply by the time of publication.
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Parents and Students may contact the College of Humanities &amp; Fine Arts at California State University-Chico at (530)-898-5351 or at hfa@csuchico.edu. 
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<a href="https://www.csuchico.edu/phha/people/faculty/briggs.shtml">Lindsay Briggs</a> is a tenured faculty member in the Department of Public Health at California State University - Chico. Briggs publicly identifies as an anarchist on her <a href="https://twitter.com/ChicoSexProf?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> profile and <a href="https://www.csuchico.edu/lgbtq/board/briggs.shtml">serves</a> as the Vice-Chair of the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association.

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Already in opposition to the University Police Department, Briggs recently <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=15700">doxed a university police officer</a> over an alleged online feud by posting what appears to be the officer’s name, picture, number, and home address. She justified her actions by claiming (without evidence) that the officer was engaged in online harassment and encouraged her followers to share his address "widely with your networks." Briggs stated that it was “poor taste” for the officer to pose with a pro-police, "Thin Blue Line" poster, and claimed that the university police were white supremacists who routinely harass activists like herself. In the same post, Briggs included the image of an 8 year-old girl (whose face has been blurred for her privacy) who had made the poster for the officer.

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Briggs previously posted an anti-police photo on her Instagram depicting a steam roller running over cops and included the hashtag #acab, or “all cops are bastards.”

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In the past, Briggs has attracted attention for her vitriol towards students. She <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-publicly-slurs-student-shitty-questioning-alternative-gender-identities/">once lashed out at the author </a>of an op-ed in Chico's student newspaper that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170513155159/https://theorion.com/65496/opinion/debunking-gsec-myths/">attempted to counter to statistics</a> offered by the university’s Gender and Sexuality Equity Center (of which Briggs serves on the advisory board) on issues such as the prevalence of sexual assault on campus. Rather than addressing the points raised by the article, Briggs attacked the student who authored the piece, Roberto Fonseca, as “repugnant” and accused him of committing violence through hate speech. In a Facebook post, she continued to personally attack Fonseca and encouraged others to call the paper's editor to protest to the piece.

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In a longer post, she only proceeded to double-down on her actions:

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Briggs has also <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14103">referred to the conservative students</a> on Chico’s campus as “white supremacists” <a href="https://editor.des05.com/vo/?FileID=87f607ed-172e-479a-a992-ee3d0c9c9e64&amp;m=0def7e64-45d4-484b-bea3-4f89ce14357e&amp;MailID=38505689&amp;listid=109281&amp;RecipientID=18697486834&amp;fbclid=IwAR3HaLwB2jFo5dvD9TfWguivmQ3mmR58gJfp5K1gun4p6aiVMGbR1r68LHA">in a signed letter</a> from the local chapter of the California Faculty Association, of which she serves as a <a href="https://www.calfac.org/post/department-representatives-spring-2019">department representative. </a>

<a href="https://www.csuchico.edu/hist/faculty/biographies/schwaller.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Shawn Schwaller</a> is a History Professor at <a href="https://www.csuchico.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California State-Chico</a>. His notable courses cover topics including Chicanx and Latinx studies, US History, and American Indian studies. Dr. Schwaller has further served on the Ethnic Studies committee at the university and is thus tasked with determining which courses will fulfill California's ethnic studies requirement.

Passed in July of 2020, California’s state university systems now <a href="https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2020/Documents/July-21-22-ED-POL-Binder.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">require all enrollees to complete one ethnic studies or social justice course in order to graduate</a>. The requirement will affect all <a href="https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">23 campuses and nearly 500,000 students</a> in the California state university system.

<a href="https://amchainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/90-Groups-to-Gov-Newsom-8.13.20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">90 Jewish and Pro-Israel groups </a>publically opposed the new academic requirements in a letter to Newsom. The letter—addressed to Governor Newsom, accuses the legislation of inciting “hatred and harm against pro-Israel students,” as anti-zionism and BDS is an “intrinsic part of Critical Ethnic Studies.”

A <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/california-ethnic-studies-programs-merchants-of-revolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar bill was passed for California high schools</a> in March of 2021. Students will now be prevented from graduating unless they take courses that include “land acknowledgments” and lessons on <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/california-ethnic-studies-programs-merchants-of-revolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">”decolonizing” students from capitalism, the patriarchy, and settler colonialism.</a>

Dr. Schwaller praises California's mandate in an interview with a progressive radio station based in Redding, CA. At the 19-minute mark, he asserts the necessity <a href="http://apps.kcnr1460.com/media//podcasts//_2021-06-26.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for students to learn how our nation was founded on genocide and the constitution enshrined slavery</a>.

Further, in the same interview, Dr. Schwaller additionally details his use of the book, “<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52048467-how-the-south-won-the-civil-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How the South Won the Civil War</a>,” in-class lectures. The author—Heather Cox Richardson—argues that modern conservative icons like Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan embody the “ideology of the confederacy.”

Dr. Schwaller’s commentary is featured across various platforms—most notably as a contributor for the Northern California-based ANewsCafe—<a href="https://anewscafe.com/author/shawn-schwaller/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> to further disparage conservatives as bigoted, violent, and homophobic</a>.

Much of his ire is directed towards political activists and Christians based in Northern California. Beginning in 2021, Dr. Schwaller began work on what will eventually be a 4-part series on the State of Jefferson. In what would become the 51st state, the State of Jefferson is campaigning—primarily supported by conservatives—<a href="https://soj51.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to create a new state from primarily rural states in Northern California and Southern Oregon</a>.

Dr. Schwaller devotes much of his 3-part series to defame campaign operatives and conservatives at-large. In Part 1, he alleges that <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/04/14/redding/in-the-closet-of-jefferson-state-part-one-economic-social-realities-in-californias-pro-trump-successionist-far-north/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump supporters covet a “white, patriarchal” America</a>.

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In Part 2, he cites the tragic murder of two gay men in Redding by a pair of white supremacists in order to implicate that <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/04/28/redding/in-the-closet-of-jefferson-state-part-2-homophobic-and-white-christian-supremacist-hate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservatives and Christians are animated violent and homophobic</a> malice. Continuing, Dr. Schwaller demonizes guns as a “key component” of conservatives’ “toxic masculinity.” He again references the prior incident as proof that gun owners pose a direct threat to the gay community.

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Dr. Schwaller continues to level these pejoratives at Christians, particularly at individuals associated with the Bethel Church in Redding, California. In multiple instances, he even designates Christians as deserving of the violence inflicted upon them by the anarchist group ANTIFA.

As<a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> reported</a> by The Post-Millennial, leaked emails from the Department of Homeland Security show that law enforcement agencies identify ANTIFA as an organization that engages in “organized” rather than sporadic violence. Many<a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> members arm themselves with knives and firearms</a> to violently confront conservatives at events. In the Summer of 2021, <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group">members of ANTIFA brazenly attacked Senator Rand Paul and his wife</a> as they walked through Washington D.C.

In August of 2021, members of a Portland-based ANTIFA group forcefully shut down a Christian prayer rally, assaulting and macing attendees and their children in the process.
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On Saturday in Portland, antifa gathered to violently shut down a Christian group that gathered to pray. Antifa can be seen pulling apart the speaker equipment. An attendee told me children &amp; families were attacked. Police were called but didn’t respond. <a href="https://t.co/QvSCmu06B0">pic.twitter.com/QvSCmu06B0</a>
— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1424170738060300289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Shocking video recorded in Portland show a large group of antifa carrying shields &amp; weapons move in to attack &amp; shut down a family Christian prayer &amp; worship event on the waterfront. Police did not intervene. <a href="https://t.co/8JZuI1LPHo">pic.twitter.com/8JZuI1LPHo</a>
— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1424171542729080838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In his article, Dr. Schwaller not only downplays the violence but seeks to <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/08/12/redding/sean-feuchts-new-brand-of-bethel-church-inspired-radical-militant-christianity-on-display-in-portland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">justify the attack, describing it as a response to “intensely violent rhetoric</a>” 0f a "white Christian supremacist" in attendance.

Dr. Schwaller again defends ANTIFA members present at the “Let Us Pray,” event in Washington D.C, <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaked-email-confirms-that-antifa-is-an-organized-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describing their actions as “protesting” the “far-right, and white and Christian supremacist groups</a>.”

At the same rally, which attracted thousands of attendees and hosted numerous pastors, he <a href="https://anewscafe.com/2021/09/20/redding/sean-feucht-far-right-christians-descend-on-washington-d-c-for-september-11th-let-us-worship-event/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mocked one speaker's suggestion that North Korea persecuted Christians</a>. Responding to a statement by Pastor Che Ahn—a California- based pastor who was a featured speaker—Dr. Schwaller declares that it is a “myth” that North Korea persecutes members of the Christian Church.

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Despite Dr. Schwaller’s denial, North Korea's persecution<a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/december/north-korea-persecution-christians-human-rights-report-kfi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> of Christians is well documented</a>. Koreans<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120813102840/http://www.christiantoday.com/article/new.reports.tell.of.executions.torture.of.christians.in.north.korea/4623-2.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> are routinely imprisoned and tortured by the government</a> for practicing their faith. Many have been <a href="https://nypost.com/2009/07/24/north-korea-executes-woman-for-giving-out-bibles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executed merely for passing out copies of the Bible</a>.

The Professor Watchlist team reached out to Dr. Schwaller for comment, but have not received a reply by the time of publication.

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Parents and Students may contact the College of Humanities &amp; Fine Arts at California State University-Chico at (530)-898-5351 or at hfa@csuchico.edu. 
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Updated - November 18, 2021

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<a href="https://asianlanguages.rutgers.edu/menu-i/69-richard-vanness-simmons">Richard VanNess Simmons</a> is a professor of Chinese and East Asian Studies and serves as the <a href="https://www.ciru.rutgers.edu/about-us/people-2">Director of the Confucius Institute</a> at Rutgers University. The Confucius Institute is funded by the Chinese Communist Party and serves as a focal point for the dissemination of propaganda and foreign espionage on American campuses.

Richard Simmons

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<a href="https://www.ou.edu/education/people/faculty/mirelsie-velazquez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mirelsie Velázquez</a> is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Her interests include gender, sexuality, race, and more. Velázquez teaches a variety of courses, such as “History of American Education, Puerto Rican Studies, Critical Race Theory, Latina Feminism, Latina/o Education, Oral History, and Historiography of Education.” 
A few of her thoughts on the United States, Christian fascism, abortion, and more are below:
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Kelli Alvarez is an <a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/fyc/people/faculty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Assistant Teaching Professor</a> at the University of Oklahoma. Her areas of interest include race and ethnicity in literature and film as well as indigenous and other ethnic literature. Alvarez teaches freshman-level courses, including English Composition, where she requires all students to read a publication by Professor Watchlist identified <a href="https://professorwatchlist.org/professor/ibramxkendi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ibram X. Kendi</a> titled, “When Free Speech Becomes Unfree Speech.”

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When Alvarez isn’t teaching first-year composition courses, she is <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/classroom-censorship-comes-to-the-university-of-oklahoma/">leading workshops</a> for fellow teachers and professors on “anti-racist rhetoric &amp; pedagogies.” Over the summer of 2021, Alvarez led a classroom censorship workshop discussing how to “set an anti-racist tone” in the classroom and ultimately silence certain students. During the workshop, she discussed how particular students are emboldened to be overly racist in the classroom, both in-person and through their writing. She said that while some teachers may be afraid to tell students they can’t say something in class, teachers absolutely have the right to tell students to be quiet and stop talking.

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Alvarez goes on to claim that the Supreme Court ruled that hate speech is not protected by the U.S. Constitution. She states, “the Supreme Court has actually upheld that hate speech, derogatory speech, any of the -isms do not apply in the classroom because they do not foster a productive learning environment.”

According to <a href="https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/about/faq/what-rights-to-freedom-of-expression-do-students-have/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Freedom Forum Institute</a>, The Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) that students “do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

Later in the lecture, Alvarez discusses a concept called “white institutional defensiveness,” which she describes as conditions that force non-white students to conform and assimilate to whiteness or else risk consequences. Alvarez asserts that not allowing non-white students to write in ABE style (Adult Basic Education) is racist and perpetuating white supremacy.

According to the Division of Adult and Career Education, ABE style is meant for native English-speakers with limited literacy, below a 9th grade level. The video of the entire workshop can be viewed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byxl61VDYp8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

<a href="https://www.law.ou.edu/directory/steven-j-cleveland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Steven J Cleveland</a> is the Alfred P. Murrah Professor of Law and Thomas P. Hester Presidential Professor at the<a href="https://law.ou.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> College of Law at the University of Oklahoma (OU</a>).

During the 2022 Spring Semester, the University of Oklahoma implemented strict mandates on students and faculty to limit the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Cleveland is currently enforcing these policies in his classroom to such an extreme extent that students are threatened with being removed from class and reported to the Dean of the school for not wearing a mask.

Upon returning for the Spring 2022 semester, students were informed by <a href="https://www.normantranscript.com/news/ou-requiring-masks-for-first-two-weeks-of-classes/article_704a7026-723a-11ec-aa7b-139ccc6f40da.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the university’s administration they will be forced to wear face masks</a> in classroom settings until February 1 when masks will then become<a href="https://www.ou.edu/together/campus-protocols/spring-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> strongly recommended.</a>

This mandate is in direct contradiction with Oklahoma state law. In May of 2021, Governor Kevin Stitt <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/29/oklahoma-gov-kevin-stitt-bars-agencies-mask-vaccination-mandates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned any state agency or building–including public universities–from requiring either a mask or vaccination status for entry</a>.

Nevertheless, professors at OU are still enforcing mask mandates and threatening to penalize students who do not comply with the restrictions. In communications reviewed by the Professor Watchlist team, professors are removing maskless students from class and threatening their grades due to the forced absences. Others refuse to even meet with students who are unvaccinated and will report unmasked students to their respective Dean.

One student, Alyssa Amundsen, vowed to defy the university mandates. She emailed each of her professors in the law school explaining that she would not wear a mask in class under any circumstance. While some professors were accommodating, many were not, and refused to allow her to attend in person.

Dr Cleveland was the most resistant to grant any exemptions. Amundsen was barred from attending class despite obtaining a medical exemption from wearing a mask last year from her doctor.

Amundsen emailed Dr. Cleveland to ask if she could attend class without a mask. Dr. Cleveland immediately refused her request and threatened to report her to the Dean of the Law School if she made a maskless appearance.

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Amundsen then offered to take the class remotely via ZOOM since the course is already recorded for students who are absent due to COVID. Despite this, Dr. Cleveland again refused, stating that “taking a stand for her beliefs has consequences.”

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n a follow-up conversation with two Deans of the law school—Dr. Steven Gensler and Dr. Kathleene Guzman—Amundsen was still adamant to reach a compromise. Both told her there is no recourse she and can only attend in-person classes while wearing a mask per university rules. She was eventually forced to drop the class or risk having her grade reduced due to her absences.

While an injunction has been placed on Governor Stitt’s executive order, the Judge <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/oklahoma-school-mask-mandate-ban-blocked-exemptions-79769836" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled that schools must include an “opt-out.” So far, OU has provided no such opt-out</a> for students and staff.

The Professor Watchlist team has reached out to Dr. Cleveland but has not received a reply by the time of publication.

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UPDATE
Following publication, the Professor Watchlist team has received the following statement from Mackenzie Scheer, Director of Media Relations at the University of Oklahoma, in regards to our inquiry.

"Since the onset of the pandemic, OU has sought to implement protocols that will protect our community, while also allowing for our in-person experience to continue. Given the transmission rate of Omicron and supply chain issues around testing, OU instituted a temporary addendum to its existing masking policy, requiring masking in all classrooms through Jan. 31. Beginning Feb. 1, the university reverted to its Fall 2021 masking guidance that expects masking in the classroom and requires masking for a two-week quarantine period when a confirmed positive COVID-19 case in the class is identified. While the university does not grant exemptions, it does evaluate requests for accommodations in certain cases. Students in need of accommodations due to health or religious reasons were instructed by law school administrators to contact the <a href="mailto:OU%20Accessibility%20and%20Disability%20Resource%20Center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OU Accessibility and Disability Resource Center</a> at <a href="mailto:adrc@ou.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adrc@ou.edu</a> or (405) 325-3852. All accommodation decisions are made on a case-by-case basis after considering each individual’s circumstance and in accordance with all applicable laws. Once a request has been approved, instructors are responsible for providing a student’s reasonable accommodation."

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Students and Parents may contact the College of Law at the University of Oklahoma at (405) 325-4699. 
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Updated - Febuary 2, 2022

<a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/english/about/faculty/r-keresztesi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rita Keresztesi</a> is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. According to her university profile, her research and teaching interests consist of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Black African literary and cultural studies; such as the Harlem Renaissance, Black Arts/Black Power, Afro-Caribbean literature, and postcolonial African cinema.

She has also authored many publications, such as: 
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Literary-Black-Power-in-the-Caribbean-Fiction-Music-and-Film/Keresztesi/p/book/9780367482015" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Literary Black Power in the Caribbean</a>. This book “focuses on the Black Power movement in the anglophone Caribbean…” </li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803227675/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strangers at Home: American Ethnic Modernism between the World Wars.</a> The book description states “She argues that literary modernism grew out of a prejudiced, racially biased, and often xenophobic historical context that necessitated a politically conservative and narrow definition of modernism in America.”</li>
</ul>
Keresztesi’s <a href="https://fulbrightscholars.org/sites/default/files/documents/A6-Keresztesi-Rita-CV.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">curriculum vitae</a> shows that ENGL 4333 Black Arts/Black Power is one of the many courses she has taught in the English Department. According to <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-oklahoma-english-course-to-focus-on-black-power/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The College Fix</a>, The University of Oklahoma offered an English course (Spring, 2022) led by Keresztesi that focused on “Black Power.” An <a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/english/academics/courses/catalogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online description</a> says that the course focused on the “cultural and political agendas of the “Black Arts” and “Black Power” movement from the 1960s to today with an emphasis on progressive agendas such as “the rise of the Prison-Industrial Complex and the #BlackLivesMatter movement…”

As stated in The College Fix, “Tamera Nealy, a student at the University of Oklahoma, said she believes the course sounds like it may be taught in a divisive manner and add to racial unrest on campus.”

If you would like to <a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/english/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contact</a> the English Department, you can email <a href="mailto:mountford@ou.edu">mountford@ou.edu</a>.

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Published — October 18, 2022

<a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/wgs/people/faculty/traci-brynne-voyles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Traci Brynne Voyles</a> is a Professor and Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies at The University of Oklahoma. Her university profile states that she is a “historian of colonialism, race, and environment...” Voyles's research includes the study of North America from the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries.

Voyles’s new book, <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Settler_Sea/nCtEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;printsec=frontcover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Settler Sea: California’s Salton Sea and the Consequences of Colonialism</a> covers a variety of topics on white settlers, oppression, environmental injustice, and more. The text states: “Rather than erasing white settlers’ relationships to (and oppression of) other non-Native people of color, those relationships of enslavement, racialized labor, and criminalization on an ‘inherited background field’ of Native dispossession…. (44) In its most fundamental formulation, environmental injustice occurs when people who are marginalized by racism, classism, settler colonialism, or heteropatriarchy are disproportionately targeted to bear the burdens of environmental harm. (45)” 

Another one of her publications, <a href="https://borderlandshistory.org/2016/06/14/cfp-not-just-green-not-just-white-race-justice-and-environmental-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Not Just Green, Not Just White: Race, Justice, and Environmental History</a> (with Mary E. Mendoza) reads: “Race is a critical component to the study of environmental injustice, but environmental history, until very recently, has tended to leave out questions of race.”

A third publication is titled <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479894567/sustainability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Man Destroys Nature? Gender, History, and the Feminist Praxis of Situating Sustainabilities.” In Sustainability: Approaches to Environmental Justice and Social Power</a> (edited by Julie Sze, 196–215. New York: New York University Press, 2018. 19 pages.) This text is a “critical resource for approaching sustainability across the disciplines[.]”

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In a Q&amp;A conducted by <a href="https://edgeeffects.net/traci-brynne-voyles-anti-vaccination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Edge Effects</a>, Voyles talks about environmentalism, white supremacy, racism, and more. She states:
“But my research showed that it is also deeply racist.  In fact, the notion of pure and unpolluted white bodies is a key part of how environmental racism proceeds. The protection of purity from any kind of contamination has been a mechanism by which toxins are diverted into nonwhite spaces and how this distributional injustice is rationalized as common sense…”
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Published — November 17, 2022

<a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/psc/faculty/shortle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Allyson Shortle</a> is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at The University of Oklahoma. According to Shortle’s <a href="http://www.allysonshortle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, her research “examines group identity dynamics in the context of American political behavior.” 

Her recent projects consist of “the nexus of race, nationalism, and political behavior.” On her website, she states, “I also often examine the race-gendered dynamics of criminal justice attitudes using experimental methods.” 

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Shortle has a variety of publications, such as:
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 	<li><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/everyday-crusade/34A0EF92928EB4E3AC25B014B6DF0FFC#fndtn-information" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics</a> (2022 – w. Eric L. McDaniel and Irfan Nooruddin). This text “examines the relationship between American religious exceptionalism and prejudicial and antidemocratic attitudes.” </li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1532673X10371300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Divine Boundaries: How Religion Shapes Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Immigrants</a> American Politics Research (January 2011. McDaniel, Eric L., Irfan Nooruddin, and Allyson Shortle). The article “argue[s] that religion affects immigration attitudes via a distinct religiously informed interpretation of America’s national identity, which we call Christian nationalism. Christian nationalists believe that America has a divinely inspired mission and link its success to God’s favor. Using social identity complexity theory, we argue that citizens who ascribe to this worldview should be least tolerant of those they perceive as symbolic threats to American national identity.”</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21565503.2022.2065320" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ethnocultural or generalized? Nationalism and support for punitive immigration policy</a> (Ana Bracic, Mackenzie Israel-Trummel, and Allyson Shortle). The description reads: “We argue that ethnocultural forms of nationalism—beliefs about religious, ethnic, and gendered criteria for “true Americanness”—help explain support for family separations.”</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-018-9446-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Is Sexism for White People? Gender Stereotypes, Race, and the 2016 Presidential Election</a> (Ana Bracic, Mackenzie Israel-Trummel &amp; Allyson F. Shortle). The description states: “This paper offers the first observational test of how sexism affects presidential vote choice in the general election, adding to the rich literature on gender and candidate success for lower-level offices. We argue that the 2016 election implicated gender through Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and Donald Trump’s sexist rhetoric, and activated gender attitudes such that sexism is associated with vote choice.”</li>
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<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/christian-nationalism-threatens-democracy-experts/story?id=91866475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a> asks Shortle: What does Christian nationalism mean for American democracy?
"I think democracy is on the line here as a result of the threats from Christian nationalism ... yes, it's a minority ideology, but we don't see a lot of opposition to it," she states.
Additionally, in an interview with <a href="https://www.kgou.org/show/capitol-insider/2022-08-26/rise-of-christian-nationalism-influences-political-discourse-and-elections-in-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KGOU News</a>, Shortle states: 
“Well, in my own research, I've definitely found higher rates of white Christian Nationalism in Oklahoma than other parts of the country. So, using some Oklahoma nonprofit survey collectors through places like Sooner Poll, for instance, I found higher rates than when I run a national poll asking the same metrics of white Christian Nationalism. And not just how you define American identity, but also these particular myths of American religious exceptionalism that people adhere to - that America is God's chosen nation, for instance, America was picked by God to lead all other countries. These are American exceptionalist ideals, but they're also ideals that Christian Nationalists use to maybe speak to other Christian Nationalists without others knowing. Right?”
Professor Shortle offers a variety of courses, such as Public Opinion, Immigration Politics, Identity Politics, and more.

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Published — November 16, 2022

<a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/wgs/people/faculty/carrie-schroeder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carrie Schroeder</a> is a Women’s and Gender Studies professor at The University of Oklahoma. Schroeder’s interests include sexuality, gender, religion, history, homoeroticism, and more.

In Spring 2023, Dr. Schroeder will be teaching a new course, “Sex, Gender, and Early Christianities” (WGS 3463). According to The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, the course will introduce students “to the diverse understanding of sexuality and gender that developed in early Christianities.”
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Sex, Gender, and Early Christianities (WGS 3463) is a new course that is now available for Spring 2023 enrollment! The course introduces students to the diverse understanding of sexuality and gender that developed in early Christianities. Join Dr. Schroeder in Spring 2023! <a href="https://t.co/EwkQD2MuW7">pic.twitter.com/EwkQD2MuW7</a>
— OU WGS (@ouWGS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ouWGS/status/1585661317767045121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Schroeder’s <a href="http://www.carrieschroeder.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> includes a variety of her publications, such as:
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wysoDQAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Melania: Early Christianity through the Life of One Family</a> (Edited by Catherine M. Chin and Caroline T. Schroeder. Christianity in Late Antiquity Series.) “And yet, the genderqueering of Melania also made possible a much more robust memory of her in a society in which the memory of male figures was always uppermost.” (10).</li>
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Additionally, she tweets about terminating a “nonviable bunch of cells…” See the tweet below:

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Published — November 18, 2022

<a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/anthropology/faculty-staff/elyse-singer1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elyse Singer</a> is an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at The University of Oklahoma. According to her university profile, her research interests include: “Reproduction, Abortion, End of life care, Bioethics, Reproductive governance, Mexico, Health, Citizenship, Gender, and the body.”

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Singer’s <a href="https://ou.academia.edu/ElyseSinger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> features many of her publications, such as:
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/5601/7407" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a Bind: Navigating Ethical Demands in Feminist Abortion Research</a>: Singer highlights her position “as a pro-choice feminist researcher.…” The text “illuminates the difficulties inherent in feminist abortion research in a context of recent legalization and sustained anti-abortion sentiment.”</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/34146935/The_End_of_Feminist_Abortion_Counseling_Examining_Threats_to_Womens_Health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The End of Feminist Abortion Counseling? Examining Threats to Women's Health</a>: The description states that “Drawing from ethnographic research in abortion clinics and their own experience as abortion counselors, the authors examine current threats to comprehensive abortion counseling in independent clinics and the implications of these changes for quality abortion care.”</li>
</ul>
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Singer was recently featured at an event covering “abortion as social labor” which was hosted by the <a href="https://twitter.com/ouWGS" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Women's and Gender Studies at The University of Oklahoma</a>:
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Join us TODAY at 4-5:30pm in Ellison Hall Room 132! <a href="https://t.co/fZ9HE5S5t9">pic.twitter.com/fZ9HE5S5t9</a>
— OU WGS (@ouWGS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ouWGS/status/1588254895941255168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Published — November 18, 2022

<a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/wgs/people/faculty/megan-sibbett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Megan Sibbett</a> is an Assistant Professor of The Women’s and Gender Studies Department at The University of Oklahoma. “Her scholarly fields include queer and trans feminist theory, LGBTQ studies, and queer activism and movements.” Currently, Sibbett is a teacher and researcher with a focus on queer imagination of childhood and childhood cultures. 

Sibbett has several publications, such as
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/feminist-and-queer-theory-9780190841799?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Breaking into Bad: The New Privileged Monsters, or Straight, Middle-Class, White Guys," Feminist and Queer Theories: An Intersectional and Transnational Reader</a>, Oxford University Press. This text “addresses both feminist and queer theory through intersectional and transnational lenses.”</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/wgs/people/faculty/megan-sibbett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"ACT UP! LIV MOORE!: Blood, Brains, and Bodies and the Queer Activism of the Monstrous in iZombie."</a> [forthcoming].</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.ou.edu/cas/wgs/people/faculty/megan-sibbett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Shock and Yawn: Resisting Banal Violence with Queer Storytelling.”</a> [forthcoming 2023].</li>
</ul>
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Published — November 18, 2022

<a href="https://www.ou.edu/education/people/faculty/mirelsie-velazquez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mirelsie Velázquez</a> is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Her interests include gender, sexuality, race, and more. Velázquez teaches a variety of courses, such as “History of American Education, Puerto Rican Studies, Critical Race Theory, Latina Feminism, Latina/o Education, Oral History, and Historiography of Education.” 

A few of her thoughts on the United States, Christian fascism, abortion, and more are below:

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Published — November 23, 2022

Mirelsie Velázquez

<a href="https://addran.tcu.edu/view/santiago-pinon">Dr. Santiago Piñón</a> is an Assistant Professor at Texas Christian University. Piñón attempted to create a racially-segregated study session for Hispanic students.

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Texas Christian University

<a href="https://schieffercollege.tcu.edu/faculty_staff/melita-garza/">Dr. Melita Garza</a> is an Associate Professor of Journalism at Texas Christian University. Dr. Garza allegedly failed a disabled veteran student for arguing against modern-feminism and that women in the United States were fortunate and liberated. Garza also allegedly kicked the student out of class and filed a police report with campus police accusing the student of being “disruptive”.

<a href="https://addran.tcu.edu/view/santiago-pinon">Dr. Santiago Piñón</a> is an Assistant Professor at Texas Christian University. Piñón attempted to create a racially-segregated study session for Hispanic students.

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Bruce Cumings

<a href="https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/bruce-cumings">Dr. Bruce Cumings</a> is a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cumings placed most of the blame of North Korea’s problems on the United States, while also whitewashing problems in Korea.  For example, Cumings denies the existence of a massive famine in North Korea in the 1990s. Cumings blames the United States for North Korea’s problems, not Communism.

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<a href="https://wmich.edu/religion/directory/st-clair">Sara Moslener</a> is a part-time instructor in the Department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University. When members of the TPUSA chapter <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/03/18/central-michigan-u-prof-tells-turning-point-usa-students-she-is-terrified-of-them-tears-down-their-posters/">confronted her</a> after tearing down their posters advertising upcoming campus events, she defended her actions, claiming they are an “act of civil disobedience.
While sharing her views on Turning Point USA publicly in class, Moslener also accused her students of trying to hide their “white nationalism”.
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<a href="https://wmich.edu/religion/directory/st-clair">Sara Moslener</a> is a part-time instructor in the Department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University. When members of the TPUSA chapter <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/03/18/central-michigan-u-prof-tells-turning-point-usa-students-she-is-terrified-of-them-tears-down-their-posters/">confronted her</a> after tearing down their posters advertising upcoming campus events, she defended her actions, claiming they are an “act of civil disobedience.

While sharing her views on Turning Point USA publicly in class, Moslener also accused her students of trying to hide their “white nationalism”.

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Sara Moslener

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Paul Myers

<a href="http://academics.morris.umn.edu/paul-myers">Dr. Paul Myers</a>, is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Myers tweeted at a student newspaper telling them to &#8220;F*ck off and die.&#8221; Fox News quoted the professor comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan, &#8220;I would advocate the disposal of their flyers if the Ku Klux Klan started papering our campus, and likewise, the North Star has worn out its welcome and must go,” the professor wrote. “Treat their scattered papers as hate-filled trash and dispose of it appropriately.”

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University of Minnesota - Morris

<a href="http://academics.morris.umn.edu/paul-myers">Dr. Paul Myers</a>, is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Myers tweeted at a student newspaper telling them to "F*ck off and die." Fox News quoted the professor comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan, "I would advocate the disposal of their flyers if the Ku Klux Klan started papering our campus, and likewise, the North Star has worn out its welcome and must go,” the professor wrote. “Treat their scattered papers as hate-filled trash and dispose of it appropriately.”

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Ms. <a href="https://www.etown.edu/offices/diversity/staff.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nichole Gonzalez</a> serves as the Dean of Students and Executive Director for the College for Diversity, Equity, and Belonging, as well as the Title IX Coordinator for <a href="https://www.etown.edu/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabethtown College</a> in Pennsylvania.
On September 23rd, 2021, Ms. Gonzalez and other Elizabethtown College administrators requested to meet with the college’s TPUSA chapter president—Alexander Russo—regarding an upcoming event on September 27th. The chapter was set to host TPUSA Ambassador, Mr. Joe Basrawi, who planned to speak about Critical Race Theory in academia.
As <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2012/03/11/what-is-critical-race-theory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro writes in Breitbart News</a>, Critical Race Theory is an intellectual branch of Marxism that views America and all of its institutions as being infected with white supremacy—to the point of some, including <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/nikolehannahjones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikole Hannah-Jones</a>, even <a href="https://reason.com/2020/09/23/1619-project-nikole-hannah-jones-1776-founding-race-new-york-times/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> America’s real founding was in 1619 when the first slave stepped foot in North America, and not 1776 when the American colonies declared independence from England”.
In the meeting on the 23rd, Ms. Gonzalez informed Russo and other members present that the event would be canceled. Chapter members that have spoken with and provided corresponding emails to the Professor Watchlist Team have confirmed that Dr.Gonzalez canceled the event. She reportedly described Mr. Basrawi as “intentionally disruptive” and that his speech would be harmful to the campus due to the fact that he is not officially a “Critical Race Theorist.” Ms. Gonzalez stated that the college did not have time to put protections in place for marginalized groups and allowing the event to proceed would only further marginalize Elizabethtown’s minority students.
During the same meeting, Ms. Gonzalez allegedly pressured the chapter to disband and form a new group at the college. She stated that a conservative group aside from Turning Point USA would help facilitate a better community on campus.
As Mr. <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBasrawi/status/1441401107809325063" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Basrawi has pointed out on Twitter</a>, Elizabethtown will be sponsoring a series of racially derogatory events during the fall semester, titled, the “Forum on White Supremacy and Global Colonization.” One training that will be <a href="https://etown.edu/centers/global/calendar.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosted on October 12th, 21th, and November 2nd is titled, “Mediocre + Multimedia Content.*&#8221;</a>
Upon completion of the training, participants will receive a copy of the book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mediocre-Dangerous-Legacy-White-America/dp/1580059511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America”.</a> The book endorses a “new white male identity” to counteract “the devastating consequences of white male supremacy on women, people of color, and white men themselves.” The training is described as a “space for people who identify as people of color,” and bars white people from attending.
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UNBELIEVABLE!
Director for college diversity Nichole Gonzalez at ETown College, PA refuses to let me speak on campus but is completely fine with this event below
They’re having their own “Forum on White Supremacy” and this specific event below, BARS WHITE PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING! <a href="https://t.co/x0g5Ayfx36" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/x0g5Ayfx36</a>
— Joe Basrawi (@JoeBasrawi) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBasrawi/status/1441401107809325063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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After Mr. Basrawi highlighted the event, the college appears to have stealth edited the webpage and removed the reference to the event being designated for people who “identify as people of color.”
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When Russo highlighted the divisive nature of this and other events during the meeting, Ms. Gonzalez indicated her enthusiastic support for each one.
In a statement provided to the Professor Watchlist team, Mr. Baswari wrote, “It’s appalling to see that this is happening on American campuses these days. Gonzalez should be ashamed of herself being part of the problem of spreading tyranny on college campuses across the nation.”
In a separate statement provided to the Professor Watchlist team, Alexander Russo wrote, “I have been on this campus for almost 3 and a half years. Over the course of my education, the college has always supported freedom of thought and always strove to make sure everyone felt like they belong, no matter who they are. Now I am ashamed at the school I see before me that actively attempts to indoctrinate students and makes every attempt to divide us on race, COVID-19, and anything else they can. This is not the school I thought I had enrolled in.”
Despite the cancellation, the original event was <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUYDCmojnia/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">successfully hosted at an off-campus location</a>.
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The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Ms. Gonzalez for comment but have not received a comment by the time of publication.
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Students and Parents may contact the <a href="https://www.etown.edu/offices/president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Office of the President</a> of Elizabethtown College at (717) 361-1193.
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Ms. <a href="https://www.etown.edu/offices/diversity/staff.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nichole Gonzalez</a> serves as the Dean of Students and Executive Director for the College for Diversity, Equity, and Belonging, as well as the Title IX Coordinator for <a href="https://www.etown.edu/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabethtown College</a> in Pennsylvania.

On September 23rd, 2021, Ms. Gonzalez and other Elizabethtown College administrators requested to meet with the college’s TPUSA chapter president—Alexander Russo—regarding an upcoming event on September 27th. The chapter was set to host TPUSA Ambassador, Mr. Joe Basrawi, who planned to speak about Critical Race Theory in academia.

As <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2012/03/11/what-is-critical-race-theory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro writes in Breitbart News</a>, Critical Race Theory is an intellectual branch of Marxism that views America and all of its institutions as being infected with white supremacy—to the point of some, including <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/nikolehannahjones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikole Hannah-Jones</a>, even <a href="https://reason.com/2020/09/23/1619-project-nikole-hannah-jones-1776-founding-race-new-york-times/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> America’s real founding was in 1619 when the first slave stepped foot in North America, and not 1776 when the American colonies declared independence from England”.

In the meeting on the 23rd, Ms. Gonzalez informed Russo and other members present that the event would be canceled. Chapter members that have spoken with and provided corresponding emails to the Professor Watchlist Team have confirmed that Dr.Gonzalez canceled the event. She reportedly described Mr. Basrawi as “intentionally disruptive” and that his speech would be harmful to the campus due to the fact that he is not officially a “Critical Race Theorist.” Ms. Gonzalez stated that the college did not have time to put protections in place for marginalized groups and allowing the event to proceed would only further marginalize Elizabethtown’s minority students.

During the same meeting, Ms. Gonzalez allegedly pressured the chapter to disband and form a new group at the college. She stated that a conservative group aside from Turning Point USA would help facilitate a better community on campus.

As Mr. <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBasrawi/status/1441401107809325063" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Basrawi has pointed out on Twitter</a>, Elizabethtown will be sponsoring a series of racially derogatory events during the fall semester, titled, the “Forum on White Supremacy and Global Colonization.” One training that will be <a href="https://etown.edu/centers/global/calendar.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosted on October 12th, 21th, and November 2nd is titled, “Mediocre + Multimedia Content.*"</a>

Upon completion of the training, participants will receive a copy of the book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mediocre-Dangerous-Legacy-White-America/dp/1580059511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America”.</a> The book endorses a “new white male identity” to counteract “the devastating consequences of white male supremacy on women, people of color, and white men themselves.” The training is described as a “space for people who identify as people of color,” and bars white people from attending.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
UNBELIEVABLE!
Director for college diversity Nichole Gonzalez at ETown College, PA refuses to let me speak on campus but is completely fine with this event below

They’re having their own “Forum on White Supremacy” and this specific event below, BARS WHITE PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING! <a href="https://t.co/x0g5Ayfx36" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/x0g5Ayfx36</a>

— Joe Basrawi (@JoeBasrawi) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBasrawi/status/1441401107809325063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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After Mr. Basrawi highlighted the event, the college appears to have stealth edited the webpage and removed the reference to the event being designated for people who “identify as people of color.”

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When Russo highlighted the divisive nature of this and other events during the meeting, Ms. Gonzalez indicated her enthusiastic support for each one.

In a statement provided to the Professor Watchlist team, Mr. Baswari wrote, “It’s appalling to see that this is happening on American campuses these days. Gonzalez should be ashamed of herself being part of the problem of spreading tyranny on college campuses across the nation.”

In a separate statement provided to the Professor Watchlist team, Alexander Russo wrote, “I have been on this campus for almost 3 and a half years. Over the course of my education, the college has always supported freedom of thought and always strove to make sure everyone felt like they belong, no matter who they are. Now I am ashamed at the school I see before me that actively attempts to indoctrinate students and makes every attempt to divide us on race, COVID-19, and anything else they can. This is not the school I thought I had enrolled in.”

Despite the cancellation, the original event was <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUYDCmojnia/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">successfully hosted at an off-campus location</a>.

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The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Ms. Gonzalez for comment but have not received a comment by the time of publication.
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Students and Parents may contact the <a href="https://www.etown.edu/offices/president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Office of the President</a> of Elizabethtown College at (717) 361-1193.
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Updated - September 29th, 2021

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<a href="https://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/derek-hook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Derek Hook</a> is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at <a href="https://www.duq.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duquesne University</a> in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During a lecture for the <a href="https://www.aapcsw.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work</a> (AAPCSW), Dr. Hook <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430623830226186242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that it’s ethical for white people to die in order to atone for apartheid in South Africa.
<a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apartheid rule consisted of a series of discriminatory laws </a>enforced along racial lines against black South Africans by the ruling white minority. It is widely considered to have ended with the election of dissident Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994. The <a href="https://spectator.org/south-africa-covid-lockdowns-civil-unrest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nation has since been plagued with economic crises, endemic poverty, and social unrest</a>.
Many white South Africans, also known as “Boers,” have suffered what are known as “farm attacks.” Victims believe <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/how-a-survivor-of-a-south-african-white-farm-murder-is-fighting-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the attacks are conducted with prejudice and that assailants are overlooked by the South African government</a>. This suspicion is seemingly validated by a recent report demonstrating that <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5534449/South-Africas-white-farmers-likely-killed-police.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">white farmers are the victims of murders at far higher rates than the rest of the country’s population.</a> The violence is so pronounced that nations like the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210107020520/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1032454567152246785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States</a> and <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43403408" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australia</a> have offered aid to farmers suffering from the violence.
Despite denials of ongoing persecution, the ruling government continues to exacerbate the crises in the country. In 2018, the <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/south-african-government-begins-seizing-land-white-farmers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South African government amended its constitution to allow for the forcible confiscation of property from white farmers without compensation</a>. Members of parliament have lauded the government’s policy as “<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5534449/South-Africas-white-farmers-likely-killed-police.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cutting the throat of whiteness</a>.”
In a video lecture for the AAPCSW—and captured by Twitter user, Mythinformed MKE—Dr. Hook can be heard <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430623830226186242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocating for the end of whiteness in South Africa</a> in a similar fashion. The video begins with Dr. Hook reading a quote questioning whether white people can ever be integrated into the country’s black majority. He states, “the only way for white people to become part of Africa is to not exist as white people anymore”.
He continues, “the goal has to be to dismantle white culture and ultimately white people themselves.” Dr. Hook further states the “death of white people” is necessary for integration to be successful;
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After finishing, Dr. Hook argues there is something “ethical” about the passage he just read.
Dr. Hook further advocates for a “symbolic extinction” of white people to be achieved by the “castration of whiteness.”
The full remarks may be listened to below.
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Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University Derek Hook, defends the quote “white people should commit suicide as an ethical act” as an “opportunity” to “castrate whiteness”.
This is part of an “anti-racist” discussion on “nice white therapists” held by AAPCSW. <a href="https://t.co/IL839IjUCV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/IL839IjUCV</a>
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430623830226186242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">August 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Much of Dr. Hook’s work surrounds the study of the term “whiteness.” In one paper, <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-020-00178-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he comments that professor Robin DiAngelo’s concept of “white fragility&#8221; does not go far enough</a>, as it is insufficiently “destabilizing” to whiteness in post-apartheid South Africa.
Dr. DiAngelo’s concept of white fragility accuses all white Americans of internalizing white supremacy. White Americans—according to DiAngelo—will therefore work to maintain their racism and preserve racist structures and the benefits they confer. Dr. DiAngelo’s full profile <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/robindiangelo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may be viewed on TPUSA’s Professor Watchlist</a>.
The clip is a portion of Dr. Hook’s lecture in the “anti-racist” discussion on “nice white therapists”  that occurred during an AAPCSW conference. Following the publication of Dr. Hook’s remarks, the <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430946358287024129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AAPCSW proceeded to remove all videos of the conference </a>from their Youtube page.
The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Dr. Hook for comment but have not received a response by the time of publication.
Students and Parents may contact the <a href="https://www.duq.edu/academics/schools/liberal-arts/academics/departments-and-centers/psychology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Psychology at Duquesne University</a> at (412) 396-6520 or at <a href="mailto:psychology@duq.edu">psychology@duq.edu</a>.
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Update &#8211; The Professor Watchlist Team has received a response to our inquiry from Gabriel Welsch, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Duquesne. In a statement, the University has described our documentation of Dr. Hook’s statements as “ridiculous” and “reckless.” They further claim that Dr. Hook is a “highly respected expert” who does not advocate for violence. The University then accuses the Professor Watchlist team of taking Dr. Hook’s lecture out of context—despite the full context of the audio clip being included in the profile—to, “falsely illustrate advocacy for extreme behavior.”
The full text of the University’s response is provided below:
“The statement attributed to Professor Hook is ridiculous and reckless. He did not make a statement advocating anything like what was suggested. In fact, he said that the statement in question was &#8220;crazy.&#8221;   
Professor Hook also said that the provocateur who used this example was wrong in suggesting any such radical action. The words being circulated were simply lifted out of context to distort the actual comments. Saying that Professor Hook called for anything like the words in question is false.   
Duquesne University is a Catholic institution that condemns any suggestion that suicide is to be advocated or endorsed in any form.   
Professor Hook&#8217;s presentation was part of an invited online talk Professor Hook gave to the Baltimore-based American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW), an international association for psychoanalytic social workers. It happened in June. While some of the content in the recording certainly contained troubling elements if taken alone, the full discussion only references the work of another person (Terblanche Delport, as the slides indicate) and the extreme proposition in the context of post-Apartheid South Africa.   
Professor Hook did not advocate taking the extreme measures Delport described. Professor Hook is not advocating, nor does he advocate violence. His effort to understand how extreme thought is developed is the point of the presentation.   
Professor Hook&#8217;s expertise is in psychoanalysis, and his work considers psychoanalytic dimensions of racism in America and South Africa. He is a highly respected expert, and it is disappointing that his efforts to understand and challenge ideas that are admittedly extreme are being shared out of context to falsely illustrate an advocacy for extreme behavior.  
Thank you for your inquiry.
Gabe”
Updated &#8211; September 2, 2021

<a href="https://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/derek-hook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Derek Hook</a> is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at <a href="https://www.duq.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duquesne University</a> in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During a lecture for the <a href="https://www.aapcsw.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work</a> (AAPCSW), Dr. Hook <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430623830226186242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that it’s ethical for white people to die in order to atone for apartheid in South Africa.

<a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apartheid rule consisted of a series of discriminatory laws </a>enforced along racial lines against black South Africans by the ruling white minority. It is widely considered to have ended with the election of dissident Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994. The <a href="https://spectator.org/south-africa-covid-lockdowns-civil-unrest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nation has since been plagued with economic crises, endemic poverty, and social unrest</a>.

Many white South Africans, also known as “Boers,” have suffered what are known as “farm attacks.” Victims believe <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/how-a-survivor-of-a-south-african-white-farm-murder-is-fighting-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the attacks are conducted with prejudice and that assailants are overlooked by the South African government</a>. This suspicion is seemingly validated by a recent report demonstrating that <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5534449/South-Africas-white-farmers-likely-killed-police.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">white farmers are the victims of murders at far higher rates than the rest of the country’s population.</a> The violence is so pronounced that nations like the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210107020520/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1032454567152246785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States</a> and <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43403408" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australia</a> have offered aid to farmers suffering from the violence.

Despite denials of ongoing persecution, the ruling government continues to exacerbate the crises in the country. In 2018, the <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/south-african-government-begins-seizing-land-white-farmers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South African government amended its constitution to allow for the forcible confiscation of property from white farmers without compensation</a>. Members of parliament have lauded the government’s policy as “<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5534449/South-Africas-white-farmers-likely-killed-police.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cutting the throat of whiteness</a>.”

In a video lecture for the AAPCSW—and captured by Twitter user, Mythinformed MKE—Dr. Hook can be heard <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430623830226186242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocating for the end of whiteness in South Africa</a> in a similar fashion. The video begins with Dr. Hook reading a quote questioning whether white people can ever be integrated into the country’s black majority. He states, “the only way for white people to become part of Africa is to not exist as white people anymore”.

He continues, “the goal has to be to dismantle white culture and ultimately white people themselves.” Dr. Hook further states the “death of white people” is necessary for integration to be successful;

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After finishing, Dr. Hook argues there is something “ethical” about the passage he just read.

Dr. Hook further advocates for a “symbolic extinction” of white people to be achieved by the “castration of whiteness.”

The full remarks may be listened to below.
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Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University Derek Hook, defends the quote “white people should commit suicide as an ethical act” as an “opportunity” to “castrate whiteness”.
This is part of an “anti-racist” discussion on “nice white therapists” held by AAPCSW. <a href="https://t.co/IL839IjUCV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/IL839IjUCV</a>

— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430623830226186242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">August 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Much of Dr. Hook’s work surrounds the study of the term “whiteness.” In one paper, <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-020-00178-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he comments that professor Robin DiAngelo’s concept of “white fragility'' does not go far enough</a>, as it is insufficiently “destabilizing” to whiteness in post-apartheid South Africa.

Dr. DiAngelo’s concept of white fragility accuses all white Americans of internalizing white supremacy. White Americans—according to DiAngelo—will therefore work to maintain their racism and preserve racist structures and the benefits they confer. Dr. DiAngelo’s full profile <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/robindiangelo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may be viewed on TPUSA’s Professor Watchlist</a>.

The clip is a portion of Dr. Hook’s lecture in the “anti-racist” discussion on “nice white therapists”  that occurred during an AAPCSW conference. Following the publication of Dr. Hook’s remarks, the <a href="https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1430946358287024129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AAPCSW proceeded to remove all videos of the conference </a>from their Youtube page.

The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Dr. Hook for comment but have not received a response by the time of publication.

Students and Parents may contact the <a href="https://www.duq.edu/academics/schools/liberal-arts/academics/departments-and-centers/psychology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Psychology at Duquesne University</a> at (412) 396-6520 or at <a href="mailto:psychology@duq.edu">psychology@duq.edu</a>.

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Update - The Professor Watchlist Team has received a response to our inquiry from Gabriel Welsch, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Duquesne. In a statement, the University has described our documentation of Dr. Hook’s statements as “ridiculous” and “reckless.” They further claim that Dr. Hook is a “highly respected expert” who does not advocate for violence. The University then accuses the Professor Watchlist team of taking Dr. Hook’s lecture out of context—despite the full context of the audio clip being included in the profile—to, “falsely illustrate advocacy for extreme behavior.”

The full text of the University’s response is provided below:

“The statement attributed to Professor Hook is ridiculous and reckless. He did not make a statement advocating anything like what was suggested. In fact, he said that the statement in question was "crazy."   

Professor Hook also said that the provocateur who used this example was wrong in suggesting any such radical action. The words being circulated were simply lifted out of context to distort the actual comments. Saying that Professor Hook called for anything like the words in question is false.   

Duquesne University is a Catholic institution that condemns any suggestion that suicide is to be advocated or endorsed in any form.   

Professor Hook's presentation was part of an invited online talk Professor Hook gave to the Baltimore-based American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW), an international association for psychoanalytic social workers. It happened in June. While some of the content in the recording certainly contained troubling elements if taken alone, the full discussion only references the work of another person (Terblanche Delport, as the slides indicate) and the extreme proposition in the context of post-Apartheid South Africa.   

Professor Hook did not advocate taking the extreme measures Delport described. Professor Hook is not advocating, nor does he advocate violence. His effort to understand how extreme thought is developed is the point of the presentation.   

Professor Hook's expertise is in psychoanalysis, and his work considers psychoanalytic dimensions of racism in America and South Africa. He is a highly respected expert, and it is disappointing that his efforts to understand and challenge ideas that are admittedly extreme are being shared out of context to falsely illustrate an advocacy for extreme behavior.  

Thank you for your inquiry.

Gabe”
Updated - September 2, 2021

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<a href="https://chemistry.ecu.edu/faculty-staff/hvastkovse/">Dr. Eli Hvastkovs</a> is an Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry at East Carolina University. Dr. Hvastkovs wrote an email to students saying they wouldn’t be allowed to thank God in their departmental graduation ceremony.  He said that too many people had done so in the past and that, “it's not a religious ceremony, it's purely educational” and there needs to be respect for the diverse student body.

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<a href="https://sanford.duke.edu/people/faculty/darity-jr-william">William A. Darity, Jr.</a> is the Samuel Dubois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. He also holds the positions of Professor of African and African American Studies, Economics, and is an Affiliate of the Duke Initiative of Science and Society, as well as an Affiliate for the Center for Child and Family Policy.
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As <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/14/duke-university-economist-calls-for-12-trillion-in-slavery-reparations/">Breitbart</a> reports, Darity and his wife, Kirsten Mullen, co-authored a paper for the <a href="https://rooseveltinstitute.org/">Roosevelt Institute</a> in which they advocated for $12 Trillion in reparations for slavery. This amounts to roughly $800,000 to be paid per each African-American household in the country.

In the <a href="https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RI_Report_ResurrectingthePromiseof40Acres_202005.pdf">document</a>, titled, “Resurrecting the Promise of 40 acres: The Imperative of Reparations for Black Americans,” Darity describes the federal government as a “culpable party” that should pay reparations to black Americans for the nation’s history of slavery.

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Darity <a href="https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RI_Report_ResurrectingthePromiseof40Acres_202005.pdf">states</a> that reparations are necessary so that white Americans do not continue to benefit from the profits of enslaved black Americans. In the same report, Darity <a href="https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RI_Report_ResurrectingthePromiseof40Acres_202005.pdf">alleges</a> that it is just as necessary for America to pay black Americans reparations as it was for Germany to pay reparations to survivors of the Holocaust.

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Further in "Resurrecting the Promise", Darity <a href="https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RI_Report_ResurrectingthePromiseof40Acres_202005.pdf">calls</a> for a “formal reparations bill” to be passed by Congress, stating that reparations are needed to erase the black-white “wealth gulf” between black and white Americans.

In the conclusion of “Resurrecting the Promise,” Darity <a href="https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RI_Report_ResurrectingthePromiseof40Acres_202005.pdf">describes</a> reparations as the monetary centerpiece of all other forms of reparations and is required to eliminate the wealth gap, which is the “most glaring economic indicator” of racial injustice.

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Following the publication of the paper, Darity announced in a <a href="https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2020/12/why-studying-inequality-matters-minor-ineuality-studies-samuel-dubois-cook">letter</a> for The Chronicle that he will oversee the recently added “Minor in Inequality Studies” alongside history professor Malachi Hacohen, and adjunct instructor of education Adam Hollowell.

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According to the Duke University website, this field of study is <a href="https://socialequity.duke.edu/inequality-studies-minor/">offered</a> for students interested in studying, “causes and consequences of inequality and pursue research around issues of social equity across a range of social science methods.”

Darity <a href="https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2020/12/why-studying-inequality-matters-minor-ineuality-studies-samuel-dubois-cook">states</a> in the letter that inequality is interlaced in the “modern world” and reinforces “racism, sexism, colorism and other forms of discrimination.”

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Darity further <a href="https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2020/12/why-studying-inequality-matters-minor-ineuality-studies-samuel-dubois-cook">states</a> in the letter that he hopes that students will “acquire a rigorous and analytical understanding of social inequality” to apply to their careers after they graduate.

The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Darity for comment regarding:
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">His paper for the Roosevelt Institute titled, Resurrecting the Promise of 40 Acres, in which Darity calls for $12 trillion in reparations for the descendants of slaves.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Darity’s statement that the wealth gulf is the most glaring indicator of racial injustice.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Darity’s comparison between paying reparations to the descendants of slaves to that of Germany paying reparations to Holocaust victims.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Darity’s statement that inequality is inherent in our institutions and reinforces "racism, sexism, colorism, and other forms of discrimination."</li>
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Professor Darity responded with the following statement:

“Apart from your various spelling and grammatical errors, basically the first three statements you attribute to me are correct. I don't recall being directly quoted using the language in the fourth item. Also, in the second statement to be precise, my position is the "black-white wealth gulf is the most glaring economic indicator of racial injustice in the United States." I consider it a badge of honor to be considered for your McCarthyist Watchlist. Keep watching.” - Professor William Darity, Jr.

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Parents and Students may contact Duke University at (919) 684-8111 
Updated - Spring, 2021

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<a href="https://www.rcc.edu/catalog/2021-2022/h_faculty_and_administration/b_faculty.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Asatar Bair</a> is an Associate Professor of Economics at <a href="https://www.rcc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riverside City College</a>. A self-identified communist, Dr. Bair frequently praises dictators like Stalin and Mao.
In a thread on Twitter, Dr. Bair extols Joseph Stalin as “<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408953211361239042" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of the great leaders of the 20th century.</a>” While acknowledging he was, “not a saint,” he describes the Soviet Dictator as a “revolutionary” and a, “great contributor to Marxist theory.”
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People say I &#8216;idolize&#8217; Stalin. Not true, I hold a fair and balanced view. The man was neither savior nor saint, but he was, at once, a very successful revolutionary, a great contributor to Marxist theory, and said to be a great listener and collaborator during discussions
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Stalin</a> ruled the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. His authoritarian reign led to the deaths of <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20-40 million people through execution, starvation, and deportation</a>. Political dissidents, academics, artists, and even members of the Communist Party were the targets of mass arrests and forced disappearances.
<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Bair’s</a> Twitter account further hosts praise for the <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USSR</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Communism</a>, and even <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denials of the Uyghur genocide</a>.
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My new friends, I defend Stalin because of the results achieved by Soviet socialism for the masses of ordinary working people, including a massive increase in life expectancy (one of history&#8217;s most rapid in fact), dramatic decreases in infant mortality, and improved health
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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I share this not to brag, but just to show that communism is the dream of a better life that will not die, and we all instinctively know that capitalism is a brutal, bankrupt system, even if we don&#8217;t know all the details of what happened in the USSR
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As one of the world&#8217;s foremost purveyors of propaganda, the NY Times would certainly know it when it sees it, eh? The evidence for a &#8216;Uyghur genocide&#8217; is completely lacking <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/urBYluYJVy</a>
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Bair has also tweeted his support for the Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong, describing him as “<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of the greatest revolutionary leaders of all time</a>.”
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I&#8217;m a huge fan of Mao lol. One of the greatest revolutionary leaders of all time
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mao Zedong</a>—who chaired the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 until his death in 1976—is widely considered one of the deadliest heads of state in history. <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> An estimated 65 million Chinese perished from his regime</a>. Mao&#8217;s campaign known as the “Great Leap Forward” <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caused an estimated 40 million to die from starvation and exhaustion in labor camps alone</a>.
Despite his human rights atrocities, Dr. Bair praises Mao’s policies in lectures hosted on his <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Youtube page</a>. In a video titled “Economic History and Development of Maoist China,” Dr. Bair <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lauds the Great Leap Forward as a “great economic feat</a>.” He claims that Mao’s policies actually improved the quality of life in China. At one point, he makes the extraordinary claim that no evidence exists to implicate Mao in the death of millions.
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Dr. Bair’s Youtube page hosts additional lectures in which he further defends Stalin and the Soviet Union. In a video titled “Introduction to Political Economy: Economic History of the USSR”, Dr. Bair claims that <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">socialism in the USSR improved the quality of life “in every way imaginable.</a>”
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At one point, he claims the Soviets never had to rely on slave labor to achieve this–which Bair accuses other free-market, Western nations of doing.
Despite Dr. Bair’s claim, forced labor was integral to the existence of the Soviet Union. At one point, as much as <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15 percent of the Soviet population was imprisoned</a> in “gulags” and branded as “class enemies.” Prisoners were exploited as slave labor and were often worked to death in sub-zero, in-humane conditions. In one of the most notorious cases, <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tens of thousands died building the White-Sea Canal</a>—in the middle of the Russian winter—only for it to be largely impassable.
The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Bair for comment but has not received a reply by the time of publication.
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Students and Parents may contact <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riverside City College</a> at (951) 222-8000. 
Updated &#8211; August 16, 2021
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<a href="https://www.rcc.edu/catalog/2021-2022/h_faculty_and_administration/b_faculty.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Asatar Bair</a> is an Associate Professor of Economics at <a href="https://www.rcc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riverside City College</a>. A self-identified communist, Dr. Bair frequently praises dictators like Stalin and Mao.

In a thread on Twitter, Dr. Bair extols Joseph Stalin as “<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408953211361239042" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of the great leaders of the 20th century.</a>” While acknowledging he was, “not a saint,” he describes the Soviet Dictator as a “revolutionary” and a, “great contributor to Marxist theory.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
People say I 'idolize' Stalin. Not true, I hold a fair and balanced view. The man was neither savior nor saint, but he was, at once, a very successful revolutionary, a great contributor to Marxist theory, and said to be a great listener and collaborator during discussions
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Stalin</a> ruled the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. His authoritarian reign led to the deaths of <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20-40 million people through execution, starvation, and deportation</a>. Political dissidents, academics, artists, and even members of the Communist Party were the targets of mass arrests and forced disappearances.

<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Bair’s</a> Twitter account further hosts praise for the <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USSR</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Communism</a>, and even <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denials of the Uyghur genocide</a>.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
My new friends, I defend Stalin because of the results achieved by Soviet socialism for the masses of ordinary working people, including a massive increase in life expectancy (one of history's most rapid in fact), dramatic decreases in infant mortality, and improved health
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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I share this not to brag, but just to show that communism is the dream of a better life that will not die, and we all instinctively know that capitalism is a brutal, bankrupt system, even if we don't know all the details of what happened in the USSR
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As one of the world's foremost purveyors of propaganda, the NY Times would certainly know it when it sees it, eh? The evidence for a 'Uyghur genocide' is completely lacking <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/urBYluYJVy</a>
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Bair has also tweeted his support for the Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong, describing him as “<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of the greatest revolutionary leaders of all time</a>.”
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I'm a huge fan of Mao lol. One of the greatest revolutionary leaders of all time
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mao Zedong</a>—who chaired the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 until his death in 1976—is widely considered one of the deadliest heads of state in history. <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> An estimated 65 million Chinese perished from his regime</a>. Mao's campaign known as the “Great Leap Forward” <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caused an estimated 40 million to die from starvation and exhaustion in labor camps alone</a>.

Despite his human rights atrocities, Dr. Bair praises Mao’s policies in lectures hosted on his <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Youtube page</a>. In a video titled “Economic History and Development of Maoist China,” Dr. Bair <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lauds the Great Leap Forward as a “great economic feat</a>.” He claims that Mao’s policies actually improved the quality of life in China. At one point, he makes the extraordinary claim that no evidence exists to implicate Mao in the death of millions.

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Dr. Bair’s Youtube page hosts additional lectures in which he further defends Stalin and the Soviet Union. In a video titled “Introduction to Political Economy: Economic History of the USSR”, Dr. Bair claims that <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">socialism in the USSR improved the quality of life “in every way imaginable.</a>”

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At one point, he claims the Soviets never had to rely on slave labor to achieve this–which Bair accuses other free-market, Western nations of doing.

Despite Dr. Bair’s claim, forced labor was integral to the existence of the Soviet Union. At one point, as much as <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15 percent of the Soviet population was imprisoned</a> in “gulags” and branded as “class enemies.” Prisoners were exploited as slave labor and were often worked to death in sub-zero, in-humane conditions. In one of the most notorious cases, <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tens of thousands died building the White-Sea Canal</a>—in the middle of the Russian winter—only for it to be largely impassable.

The Professor Watchlist Team reached out to Bair for comment but has not received a reply by the time of publication.

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Students and Parents may contact <a href="https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1408952378691256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riverside City College</a> at (951) 222-8000. 
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Stephanie Baran

<a href="https://uwm.edu/sociology/people/baran-stephanie/">Stephanie Baran</a>, is a former teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin &#8211; Milwaukee and now is a <a href="https://www.nicholls.edu/social-sciences/faculty/dr-stephanie-baran/">sociology instructor</a> at Nicholls State University. She attended a “White Privilege Conference” and said that she would be “down” with the idea of “kicking out capitalism” as she believes it causes racism. Baran describes herself as a “vulgar Marxist” because she desires “to see the entire dismantling of the system versus the other, softer, kinder, brutal Marxists.”
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<a href="https://uwm.edu/sociology/people/baran-stephanie/">Stephanie Baran</a>, is a former teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and now is a <a href="https://www.nicholls.edu/social-sciences/faculty/dr-stephanie-baran/">sociology instructor</a> at Nicholls State University. She attended a “White Privilege Conference” and said that she would be “down” with the idea of “kicking out capitalism” as she believes it causes racism. Baran describes herself as a “vulgar Marxist” because she desires “to see the entire dismantling of the system versus the other, softer, kinder, brutal Marxists.”

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Updated -  June 27, 2022

Nicholls State University

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University of Rhode Island

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Erik Loomis

<a href="https://web.uri.edu/history/meet/erik-loomis/">Erik Loomis</a> is an associate History professor and the Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Rhode Island. His university biography states that his research interests include labor and environmental history, global capitalism, and the U.S. West. Loomis is known for his defense of the terrorist group ANTIFA, calling for the execution of NRA Vice-President Wayne LaPierre, and voracious opposition to law enforcement.
Loomis first attracted attention in 2012—following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting—for his condemnation of the NRA. In a series of tweets, <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=4544">he called for</a> Wayne LaPierre’s “head on a stick” and dubbed the NRA a “terrorist organization” that murders children.
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<img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-865 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.03-PM-e1600812786669.png" alt="" width="605" height="111" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.03-PM-e1600812786669.png 605w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.03-PM-e1600812786669-300x55.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px" /> <img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-866 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.17-PM-e1600812850768.png" alt="" width="605" height="113" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.17-PM-e1600812850768.png 605w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.17-PM-e1600812850768-300x56.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px" /> <img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-867 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.34-PM-e1600812812202.png" alt="" width="605" height="219" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.34-PM-e1600812812202.png 605w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.34-PM-e1600812812202-300x109.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px" />
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In an interview addressing the incident, he refused to apologize for his comments and even <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tOmhqO95OU&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ab_channel=TheZeroHourwithRJEskow=53s">called for the abolishment of the Second Amendment</a>.
Loomis recently authored his support for the murder of a Trump supporter in Portland, Oregon. <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/09/why-was-michael-reinoehl-killed">In a piece on a blog titled “Lawyers, Guns, and Money,”</a> Loomis seemed to be more distraught over ANTIFA member Michael Reinhol’s death following a shootout with police, rather than the death of the man he killed, Aaron Danielson. Reinoehl, who was wanted by police for killing Danielson during a Trump rally in Portland, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-in-portland-fatal-shooting-has-been-killed-reports">was killed</a> after drawing a gun on law enforcement agents serving a warrant for his arrest.
In his blog post, Loomis wondered whether or not the cops were working with “fascists” to murder Reinoehl.
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<img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-869 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.21.14-PM.png" alt="" width="670" height="713" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.21.14-PM.png 670w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.21.14-PM-282x300.png 282w" sizes="(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px" />
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When confronted by a reader over his comments, Loomis replied that he saw nothing immoral about killing a “fascist.”
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Loomis frequently denounces law enforcement online. He refers to the police as fascists, calls for their disbandment, and even <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/08/today-in-american-ethnic-cleansing-4">authored an additional blog post </a>accusing ICE of ethnic cleansing.
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<img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-870 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.27.57-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="267" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.27.57-PM.png 609w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.27.57-PM-300x132.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px" /><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-871 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.06-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="258" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.06-PM.png 609w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.06-PM-300x127.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px" /><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-873 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.44-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="246" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.44-PM.png 609w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.44-PM-300x121.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px" /><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-872 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.27-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="499" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.27-PM.png 609w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.27-PM-300x246.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px" />
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In addition to authoring an <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/08/mccain">insulting eulogy</a> following the death of the late Senator John McCain, Loomis uses his online platform to denigrate prominent conservatives while visiting their grave-sites. He <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/10/erik-visits-an-american-grave-iv">described William F. Buckley</a> as a “rotting putrescent corpse of one of the worst human beings to ever foul the land of this fine nation,” and <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/04/erik-visits-an-american-grave-part-463">referred to Navy Seal Chris Kyle</a> as a “professional murderer.”
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<img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-874 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.47.43-PM.png" alt="" width="677" height="205" srcset="https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.47.43-PM.png 677w, https://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.47.43-PM-300x91.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px" />

<a href="https://web.uri.edu/history/meet/erik-loomis/">Erik Loomis</a> is an associate History professor and the Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Rhode Island. His university biography states that his research interests include labor and environmental history, global capitalism, and the U.S. West. Loomis is known for his defense of the terrorist group ANTIFA, calling for the execution of NRA Vice-President Wayne LaPierre, and voracious opposition to law enforcement.

Loomis first attracted attention in 2012—following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting—for his condemnation of the NRA. In a series of tweets, <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=4544">he called for</a> Wayne LaPierre’s “head on a stick” and dubbed the NRA a “terrorist organization” that murders children.

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<img class="aligncenter wp-image-865 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.03-PM-e1600812786669.png" alt="" width="605" height="111" /> <img class="aligncenter wp-image-866 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.17-PM-e1600812850768.png" alt="" width="605" height="113" /> <img class="aligncenter wp-image-867 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.11.34-PM-e1600812812202.png" alt="" width="605" height="219" />

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In an interview addressing the incident, he refused to apologize for his comments and even <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tOmhqO95OU&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ab_channel=TheZeroHourwithRJEskow=53s">called for the abolishment of the Second Amendment</a>.

Loomis recently authored his support for the murder of a Trump supporter in Portland, Oregon. <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/09/why-was-michael-reinoehl-killed">In a piece on a blog titled “Lawyers, Guns, and Money,”</a> Loomis seemed to be more distraught over ANTIFA member Michael Reinhol’s death following a shootout with police, rather than the death of the man he killed, Aaron Danielson. Reinoehl, who was wanted by police for killing Danielson during a Trump rally in Portland, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-in-portland-fatal-shooting-has-been-killed-reports">was killed</a> after drawing a gun on law enforcement agents serving a warrant for his arrest.

In his blog post, Loomis wondered whether or not the cops were working with “fascists” to murder Reinoehl.

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<img class="aligncenter wp-image-869 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.21.14-PM.png" alt="" width="670" height="713" />

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When confronted by a reader over his comments, Loomis replied that he saw nothing immoral about killing a “fascist.”

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<img class="aligncenter wp-image-864 " src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-2.51.30-PM.png" alt="" width="622" height="486" />

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Loomis frequently denounces law enforcement online. He refers to the police as fascists, calls for their disbandment, and even <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/08/today-in-american-ethnic-cleansing-4">authored an additional blog post </a>accusing ICE of ethnic cleansing.

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<img class="aligncenter wp-image-870 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.27.57-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="267" /><img class="aligncenter wp-image-871 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.06-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="258" /><img class="aligncenter wp-image-873 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.44-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="246" /><img class="aligncenter wp-image-872 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.30.27-PM.png" alt="" width="609" height="499" />

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In addition to authoring an <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/08/mccain">insulting eulogy</a> following the death of the late Senator John McCain, Loomis uses his online platform to denigrate prominent conservatives while visiting their grave-sites. He <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/10/erik-visits-an-american-grave-iv">described William F. Buckley</a> as a “rotting putrescent corpse of one of the worst human beings to ever foul the land of this fine nation,” and <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/04/erik-visits-an-american-grave-part-463">referred to Navy Seal Chris Kyle</a> as a “professional murderer.”

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<img class="aligncenter wp-image-874 size-full" src="http://backend.professorwatchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-22-at-3.47.43-PM.png" alt="" width="677" height="205" />